World Health organization guidelines for management of acute stress, PTSD, and bereavement: key challenges on the road ahead.

Journal: PLoS medicine

Volume: 11

Issue: 12

Year of Publication: 2015

Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom. Department of Psychiatry, Allegheny General Hospital, Drexel University College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America. International Medical Corps, Santa Monica, California, and Washington, D.C., United States of America. FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-based Research Synthesis and Guideline Development, Bologna, Italy. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa. School of Psychiatry and Ingham Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil. Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom & Institute for Research and Development, Colombo, Sri Lanka. SNEHA, Voluntary Health Services, Department of Psychiatry, Chennai, India. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, United States of America. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Abstract summary 

Wietse Tol and colleagues discuss some of the key challenges for implementation of new WHO guidelines for stress-related mental health disorders in low- and middle-income countries. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

Authors & Co-authors:  Tol Wietse A WA Barbui Corrado C Bisson Jonathan J Cohen Judith J Hijazi Zeinab Z Jones Lynne L de Jong Joop T V M JT Magrini Nicola N Omigbodun Olayinka O Seedat Soraya S Silove Derrick D Souza Renato R Sumathipala Athula A Vijayakumar Lakshmi L Weissbecker Inka I Zatzick Douglas D van Ommeren Mark M

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  World Health Organization (2010) mhGAP Intervention Guide for Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Disorders in Non-Specialized Health Settings: Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP). Geneva: WHO.
Authors :  17
Identifiers
Doi : e1001769
SSN : 1549-1676
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Bereavement
Other Terms
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
United States