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.
Integrating mental health in primary health care: executive summary
Publication date: 2023
This guidance uses a whole health systems approach with an emphasis on service delivery to translate the evidence of effective and efficient treatments into feasible and affordable health care provision and the system supporting it.
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
The objective of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) is to scale up care and services using evidence-based interventions for prevention and management of priority mental neurological and substance use conditions. 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 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.
Mental health in schools training package
Publication date: 2021
This mental health in schools training package, developed by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, will enable educators to better support the mental health needs of their students and to take practical steps that are implementable in school settings. It is intended for those involved in the educational process, including teachers, school administrators, nurses, social workers and school counsellors, in addition to educational policymakers and nongovernmental organizations. This training package consists of five key components that should be used together and includes: a manual, lecture outlines, lectures/slide presentations and handouts, as well as an implementation and evaluation plan.
COVID-19 response: provision of mental health and psychosocial support by community health workers
Publication date: 2021
This online course provides an overview of how community health workers can support their communities by providing appropriate mental health and psychosocial support during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this course, you will learn how to: explore the importance and relevance of applying risk communication and community engagement techniques during a public health emergency; define mental health and psychosocial support considerations in public health emergencies; promote mental health literacy to combat stigma and discrimination; provide basic psychosocial interventions; refer individuals in need of specialized interventions; and apply basic self-care.