mhGAP Intervention Guide, Version 2.0
World Health Organization · 2016 · 173 pages · For primary care providers and community health workers
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WHO's flagship clinical manual for assessing and managing mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in settings without a psychiatrist. Version 2.0 gives step-by-step assessment and management algorithms for depression, psychoses, epilepsy, child and adolescent behavioral disorders, dementia, substance use, and self-harm.
Health programs worldwide use it to train primary care providers and community health workers in frontline mental health care.
Run it with these materials
The free PHQ-9, GAD-7, and AUDIT assessments map directly onto mhGAP's screening and follow-up steps, and the psychoeducation sheets support its brief intervention modules.
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