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This systematic review is the first systematic large scale evaluation of the World Health Organization's QualityRights program.

This systematic review details new WHO prevalence estimates on depression, anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia in conflict-affected settings.

This systematic review details mental health of people detained within the justice system in Africa and human rights abuses within these facilities.

This report makes the case that a prioritized, focused approach to anxiety and depression can mitigate the risks of these conditions, and contribute to the health and wellbeing of any nation.

This infographic highlights three tools for rights-based mental health system reform.

This systematic review identified few studies evaluating the impact of mental health treatments on the prevention or reduction of intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries despite epidemiological research suggesting that this would be a beneficial direction for research and intervention. The conclusion calls for further research in diverse settings and with diverse populations.

UNICEF Operational Guidelines on Community-based mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: Three-tiered support for children and families.

This systematic review used data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 to calculate global and regional estimates of the prevalence of alcohol, amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, and opioid dependence, and to estimate global disease burden attributable to alcohol and drug use between 1990 and 2016

WHO have launched the Global Dementia Observatory, a data and knowledge exchange platform that facilitates sharing of key dementia information in the areas of policy, service delivery and information & research and a new policy guide which provides useful information to Member States for creating and operationalizing a dementia plan.

WHO and UNHCR present a new guide to mental, neurological and substance use conditions in humanitarian emergencies

World Federation for Mental Health 2015 campaign material for this year's World Mental Health Day theme "Dignity in Mental Health".

The action plan recognizes the essential role of mental health in achieving health for all people. It is based on a life-course approach, aims to achieve equity through universal health coverage and stresses the importance of prevention.

The Community Informant Detection Tool (CIDT) is a procedure of pro-active case-finding of people with suspected mental health problems, which subsequently promotes help seeking. The CIDT consists of contextualized vignettes and associated pictures to facilitate recognition by lay people. The rationale behind the strategy is that briefly trained community members that are intimately familiar with the community, are especially well-placed and capable to identify people in need of care. Research into the accuracy of the CIDT confirms this.