OBJECTIVES:

1. Recognize the burden of disease related to Neuropsychiatric conditions.  

2. Utilize the WHO’s mhGAP for diagnosing and managing these disorders in low-resource settings

3. Summarize basic principles of Psychological First Aid.

INSTRUCTIONS:  

In global health, mental health conditions often grouped together with neurologic conditions and referred to as Neuropsychiatric Disorders.  This module provides a brief overview of these disorders, with an emphasis on mental health.  Proceed in order of the listed items below.  

This module should take around 1.5 hours to complete.

MODULE COMPONENTS: 

• WATCH: Introduction to Global Mental Health

• READ: This infographic

• READ: Pages 8-15 of the Psychological First Aid Manual

• COMPLETE: This quiz based on the above

• APPLY THIS CLINICALLY:

  • DOWNLOAD the e-mhGAP app onto your phone for use with the cases (or download the intervention guide 2.0 found on this website)

  • READ over the Case Study assignment using the CASE STUDY GUIDE

    • Residents will attend a one-hour session in which we will go through the cases together (you do not need to submit the Google quiz)

    • Students taking the course will not have a live session; instead, please take this quiz

MODULE EXTRAS (OPTIONAL):  

• TedTalk by Dr. Vikram Patel (12 minutes)

• WHO Introduction to Global Mental Health (5 minutes)

• Lancet article: Global Burden of Substance Abuse (Lancet 2013, based on GBD 2010)

• Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health (Nature 2011)

• WHO Mental Health (Website) - Includes WHO Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 and WHO Mental Health Atlas links

• Global Mental Health Map - Website with links to various resources/articles

• Practice Management Plus manual