NEW! WWPMH guidance on mental health recovery 2019
From knowledge to action – building recovery into relationships with patients in primary care
Written on behalf of the WONCA Working Party for Mental Health, 2019. Author: Amanda Howe, with contributions from Chris Dowrick, Christine Gibson, Cindy Lam, Jun Liang, Christine Lionis, and Johanna Lynch.
Online training resources on Common Mental Health Problems
This form provides information on high quality, freely accessible online resources, with a focus on common mental health problems, aimed primarily (but not exclusively) at family doctors. This list has been collated by members of the WONCA Working Party of Mental Health (WWPMH)*. The resources are listed by country of origin but are widely applicable.
Australia
Black Dog Institute:
There are currently 17 recordings of
live webinars
A six module
online learning program interest all focussed on Australian evidence-based eMH programs and resources and how to use them in clinical practice. Many of these resources are available to international users and one, MoodGYM, has been translated into a number of languages including Chinese. Were a GP from outside Australia to undertake the eMHPrac modules or listen to a webinar they would hear about online programs and resources that they could use outside Australia.
RACGP
“find a course” through the following link and refine the search using keyword “mental health” for
example here.
Brazil
Two main governmental platforms for distance Learning and both have Mental Health free online courses:
1 - UNASUS - Universidade Aberta do SUS
1a -
Evento Agudos em Saúde Mental (one of many other courses in mental health)
2 - TelessaúdeRS- Núcleo de Telessaúde da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2a -
Curso EAD de Saúde Mental na Atenção Primária para Médicos
United Kingdom
RCGP mental health toolkit
WHO / Pan American Health Organization
Annual Courses for primary care practitioners- mhGAP---Mental Health Global Action Programme:
NMH-MH-VCmhGAP-17
Other courses:
(NMH / MH)
Salud Mental y Uso de Sustancias
(NMH / MH)
Mental Health and Substance UseWHO mhGAP programme - contains clinical protocols for management of priority conditions
WHO MiNDbank online platform - key resources related to mental health, substance use, disability, general health, human rights and development.
WHO Mental Health resources
Culturally Sensitive Depression Guideline
WHO report - Dementia: a public health priority (2012)
WONCA Working Party for Mental Health
Our own recently produced guidance and training on physical health
care for patients with severe mental illness: