WHO releases guidance on mental health care after trauma

12 Aug WHO releases guidance on mental health care after trauma

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6 AUGUST 2013 | GENEVA – WHO is releasing new clinical protocols and guidelines to health-care workers for treating the mental health consequences of trauma and loss.

Mental disorder

s are common, disabling and usually untreated, and WHO’s “Mental Health Global Action Programme (mhGAP)” was developed in 2008 to scale-up care for mental, neurological and substance use disorders with simple treatment protocols that can be offered by primary health-care doctors and nurses.

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https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2013/trauma_mental_health_20130806/en/index.html