Abstract

Funding for the mhGAP Programme, under which the work reported in this manuscript was done, was provided by the following: American Psychiatric Foundation, USA; Association of Aichi Psychiatric Hospitals, Japan; Autism Speaks, USA; CBM; Government of Italy; Government of Japan; Government of The Netherlands; International Bureau for Epilepsy; International League Against Epilepsy; Medical Research Council, UK; National Institute of Mental Health, USA; Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada; Rockefeller Foundation, USA; Shirley Foundation, UK; Syngenta, Switzerland; United Nations Population Fund;World Psychiatric Association

Highlights

  • In order to reduce the gap, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Mental Health Gap Action Programme

  • WHO will follow a systematic procedure for updating the recommendations following the same strict and transparent methodological process that was employed for their initial development

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Evidence-Based Guidelines for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Summary of WHO Recommendations. Evidence profiles were developed for each of the priority conditions as well as a category labeled ‘‘other significant emotional or medically unexplained complaints.’’ Tables 1–8 provide the running title of the question and the abridged recommendations for each of the conditions These recommendations focus on the management of MNS disorders in non-specialist settings in LAMIC.

Strengths and Limitations of the Process
Maintaining and Updating mhGAP Recommendations
Guideline Implementation Issues
Role of antidepressants and benzodiazepines
Antiepileptic drugs
Role of vocational and economic inclusion
Role of hospitalization
Cognitive and psychosocial interventions Diagnosis of dementia
Management of alcohol withdrawal
Brief psychosocial interventions
Management of drug withdrawal
Treatment of psychostimulant dependence
Intellectual disabilities
Findings
Author Contributions
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