As part of the QualityRights Initiative, WHO has developed a comprehensive package of training and guidance materials. The materials can be used to build capacity among mental health practitioners, people with psychosocial...
Background Adolescents placed in state-run secure youth homes (by the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care) due to substance misuse and serious norm-violating behaviour (including offending) are in pressing need of...
Importance Retention on methadone and buprenorphine has been shown to be associated with reduced overdose and death. Opioid treatment programs (OTPs) are the only health care facilities in the US licensed to dispense methadone...
Abstract
Introduction: Pregnancy is a crucial period for a child’s physiological and psychological development. Alcohol and tobacco consumption during gestation is a public health concern due to the potential harm to maternal health, fetal...
BACKGROUND:
The expanding role of artificial intelligence (AI) in mental healthcare presents significant opportunities and challenges. AI has the potential to fundamentally transform traditional healthcare practices, particularly in...
INTRODUCTION:
Nomophobia, the fear of losing access to a mobile phone or the Internet, is becoming increasingly prevalent among students due to the rapid digitalization of society and can affect their ability to concentrate, the quality of...
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This study builds on previous findings that associate nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) with a pathological self-regulatory mechanism in individuals with abnormalities in their psychological profile. The primary aim of the present...
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Recently, Abia State—like many other states in Nigeria—has experienced a growing number of deaths related to substance use, leading to increased cases of substance use disorders and comorbidities. Family members and relatives...
SUICIDE IS NOT THE SOLUTION
There are moments when numbers stop being informative and start being evasive.
They give us scale, but they shield us from closeness.
More than 80,000 people have died by suicide worldwide and 2026 isn’t even a...
