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.

1 E  V& \0 H, ?% t3 vMental disorders 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.