Integrating mental health in primary health care: The context
Publication date: 2023
This guidance aims to support countries in their efforts to integrate the management of MNS disorders into PHC, focusing on the priority disorders identified in the mhGAP programme. It aims to provide a “one-stop” shop for information, guidance and resources on the “what” and the “how” of implementing integration of mental health in PHC in the Region. The target audiences for this guidance are country-level policy-makers and health managers, and many components will be useful for interested nongovernmental organizations and clinical staff at PHC and specialist mental health service levels. The guidance has 4 parts: the context, assessment of preparedness, toolkit for implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. The Guidance is in e-document format – so that the tools, resources and references can all be quickly accessed via hyperlinks.
Integrating mental health in primary health care: Guide to assessing health system preparedness
Publication date: 2023
This guidance aims to support countries in their efforts to integrate the management of MNS disorders into PHC, focusing on the priority disorders identified in the mhGAP programme. It aims to provide a “one-stop” shop for information, guidance and resources on the “what” and the “how” of implementing integration of mental health in PHC in the Region. The target audiences for this guidance are country-level policy-makers and health managers, and many components will be useful for interested nongovernmental organizations and clinical staff at PHC and specialist mental health service levels. The guidance has 4 parts: the context, assessment of preparedness, toolkit for implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. The Guidance is in e-document format – so that the tools, resources and references can all be quickly accessed via hyperlinks.
Integrating mental health in primary health care: Toolkit for integration
Publication date: 2023
This guidance aims to support countries in their efforts to integrate the management of MNS disorders into PHC, focusing on the priority disorders identified in the mhGAP programme. It aims to provide a “one-stop” shop for information, guidance and resources on the “what” and the “how” of implementing integration of mental health in PHC in the Region. The target audiences for this guidance are country-level policy-makers and health managers, and many components will be useful for interested nongovernmental organizations and clinical staff at PHC and specialist mental health service levels. The guidance has 4 parts: the context, assessment of preparedness, toolkit for implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. The Guidance is in e-document format – so that the tools, resources and references can all be quickly accessed via hyperlinks.
Integrating mental health in primary health care: Toolkit for monitoring and evaluation
Publication date: 2023
This guidance aims to support countries in their efforts to integrate the management of MNS disorders into PHC, focusing on the priority disorders identified in the mhGAP programme. It aims to provide a “one-stop” shop for information, guidance and resources on the “what” and the “how” of implementing integration of mental health in PHC in the Region. The target audiences for this guidance are country-level policy-makers and health managers, and many components will be useful for interested nongovernmental organizations and clinical staff at PHC and specialist mental health service levels. The guidance has 4 parts: the context, assessment of preparedness, toolkit for implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. The Guidance is in e-document format – so that the tools, resources and references can all be quickly accessed via hyperlinks.
Integration of mental health in primary health care online course
Publication date: 2022
This online course will help its participants make use of the comprehensive package of guidance, developed by the World Health Organization, to support countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) in their efforts to integrate the management of mental, neurological and substance use disorders into primary health care (PHC). The main goal of the course is to inform the assessment, planning implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of the integration of mental health in PHC. Its main objectives include improving knowledge and understanding of the rationale for integrating mental health in PHC and acquiring a working knowledge of the contents of the guidance and an understanding of how to use it.
Implementing the mental health Gap Action Programme intervention guide: A job aid for non-specialist health professionals
Publication date: 2021
This operational guide has been developed to help non-specialists conduct standardized clinical interviews and examinations, and deliver interventions, as outlined in the mhGAP Intervention Guide, version 2 (mhGAP-IG 2.0) for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialist health settings. A further objective of this guide is to help health care providers remain patient-centred and protect the rights of the patient, emphasizing issues such as the need for patient privacy and confidentiality, and providing tips for health care providers in clinical scenarios in which vital information may need to be shared with others.
Integrating mental health into primary care: a global perspective
Publication date: 2008
This report provides the rationale and know-how for successfully integrating mental health into primary health care. Readers will find out how providing mental health care in primary health care settings produces better health outcomes, learn from other countries that have successfully integrated their mental health services into primary health care, and discover 10 common principles that underlie all examples of successful mental health integration, regardless of country resource level.