Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use
Oral antipsychotic medicines – namely aripiprazole, chlorpromazine, haloperidol, olanzapine, paliperidone, quetiapine, risperidone – should be offered for adults with a psychotic disorder …
WHO Model List of Essential Medicines - 22nd list, 2021
Sep 30, 2021 · The core list presents a list of minimum medicine needs for a basic health-care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost–effective medicines for priority conditions. …
New WHO guidance seeks to put an end to human rights …
Jun 10, 2021 · Globally, the majority of mental health care continues to be provided in psychiatric hospitals, and human rights abuses and coercive practices remain all too common. But …
The World Health Report 2001: Mental Disorders affect one in four …
Sep 28, 2001 · About 25% of countries, however, do not have the three most commonly prescribed drugs used to treat schizophrenia, depression and epilepsy at the primary health …
WHO issues new and updated recommendations on treatment of …
Nov 20, 2023 · The World Health Organization (WHO) has today published the third edition of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline which includes important new, and …
Lexicon of alcohol and drug terms - World Health Organization …
Nov 3, 1994 · Provides concise definitions for some 230 terms frequently used by clinicians, researchers, teachers, and others working in the field of substance abuse. Explanatory …
Key terms and definitions in mental health - World Health …
Harmful use of drugs is a pattern of drug consumption that is causing damage to health. The damage may be physical (as in cases of infections related to drug use) or mental (e.g. …
Apr 23, 2020 · Psychiatric nurse 516 0.5 MH social worker 1,241 1.2 Health care facilities # Rate per 100,000 nt Mental ...
WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines
Short description: The eEML is a comprehensive, freely accessible, online database containing information on essential medicines.
The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test …
Jan 1, 2010 · Overview . The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was developed for the World Health Organization (WHO) by an international group …