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Mental health Overview Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn and work well, and contribute to their community. It has intrinsic and instrumental value and is a basic human right. Mental health exists on a complex continuum, which is experienced differently from one person to the next. At any one time, a diverse set ...

Mental health - World Health Organization (WHO) Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community. It has intrinsic and instrumental value and is integral to our well-being. At any one time, a diverse set of individual, family, community and structural factors may combine to protect or undermine mental ...

Suicide rates - World Health Organization (WHO) Suicide prevention efforts require coordination and collaboration among multiple sectors of society, including the health sector and other sectors such as education, labour, agriculture, business, justice, law, defence, politics, and the media.

Mental health of older adults Fact sheet on mental health and older adults covering prevalence, risk factors, prevention and promotion, treatment and care, and WHO's work in this area.

Mental health - World Health Organization (WHO) Mental health is an integral and essential component of health. The WHO constitution states: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." An important implication of this definition is that mental health is more than just the absence of mental disorders or disabilities.

New WHO guidance calls for urgent transformation of mental health policies The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched new guidance to help all countries reform and strengthen mental health policies and systems. Mental health services worldwide remain underfunded, with major gaps in access and quality. In some countries, up to 90% of people with severe mental health conditions receive no care at all, while many existing services rely on outdated institutional ...

Stress - World Health Organization (WHO) Stressful situations can also cause or exacerbate mental health conditions, most commonly anxiety and depression, which require access to health care. When we suffer from a mental health condition, it may be because our symptoms of stress have become persistent and have started affecting our daily functioning, including at work or school.

Zimbabwe WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health Situational Assessment METHODS This rapid assessment process used a modified version of the Programme for Improvement Mental Health Care (PRIME) situational analysis tool17 to assess the strength of Zimbabwe’s mental health system. We expanded the tool to include multi-sector entry points for mental health promotion and services, a focus on vulnerable populations, and stratification of relevant sociodemographic ...

Mental health Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community. It is more than the absence of illness. Anyone can experience mental ill health at any point in their life.

Mental health: Promoting and protecting human rights Mental health is a basic human right for all people. Everyone, whoever and wherever they are, has a deserving and inherent right to the highest attainable standard of mental health. This includes: the right to available, accessible, acceptable and good quality care; and the right to liberty, independence and inclusion in the community.