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Mental health

Promoting mental health: concepts, emerging evidence, practice: report of the World Health Organization
H. Herrman (ed);S. Saxena (ed);R. Moodie (ed) / Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, WHO, 2005
This book by the World Health Organization’s Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse describes the concept of mental health promotion, the emerging evidence for effective mental health p...
Alcohol, gender and drinking problems: perspectives from low and middle income countries
I.S. Obot;R. Room / Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, WHO, 2005
The central theme of this book argues that in order to understand alcohol consumption and its consequences, we need to better understand social and cultural influences on the differences between me...
Working with street children: involving the community
Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, WHO, 2000
Street children live in a community, peopled by other street children, street educators, help agencies, law enforcers, law makers and also law breakers and exploiters. The community can potentially pr...
Working with street children: understanding substance use among street children
Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, WHO, 2000
Studies have found that between 25% and 90% of street children use psychoactive substances of some kind. The percentage of substance users among street children varies greatly depending on the region,...

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