Guidelines on mental health promotive and preventive interventions for adolescents / World Health Organization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Health Organization, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Guidelines on mental health promotive and preventive interventions for adolescents

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : World Health Organization, [2021]

Summary:

The Guidelines on promotive and preventive mental health interventions for adolescents - Helping Adolescents thrive (HAT), provide evidence-informed recommendations on psychosocial interventions to promote mental health, prevent mental disorders, and reduce self-harm and other risk behaviours among adolescents. The HAT Guidelines aims to inform policy development, service planning and the strengthening of health and education systems, and facilitate mainstreaming of adolescent mental health promotion and prevention strategies across sectors and delivery platforms.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Executive summary

Background

Aim, scope and target audience

Guidelines development methodology

Summary of recommendations

Introduction

Scope of the Guidelines

Guideline development process

Management structures

Declarations of interest (DoIs) and management of conflicts of interest

Collaboration with external partners

Identifying key questions and outcomes

Identifying, assessing and synthesizing available evidence

Managing group processes and decision-making

Confidentiality

Evidence and recommendations

Overarching considerations for all key questions

Question 1: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for all adolescents to: improve their positive mental health

prevent mental disorders, self-harm and suicide, and

reduce risky behaviours?

Question 2A: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for adolescents exposed to adversities (specifically, violence) to improve their positive mental health and prevent mental disorders, self-harm and/or other risky behaviours?

Question 2B: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for adolescents exposed to adversities (specifically, extreme poverty) to improve their positive mental health and prevent mental disorders, self-harm and/or other risky behaviours?

Question 2C: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for adolescents exposed to adversities (specifically, humanitarian emergencies) to improve their positive mental health and prevent mental disorders, self-harm and/or other risky behaviours?

Question 3: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents to promote their positive mental health and prevent mental disorders, self-harm and/or other risky behaviours?.

Question 4: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for adolescents living with HIV/AIDS to improve their positive mental health and prevent mental disorders, self-harm and/or other risky behaviours?

Question 5: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for adolescents with emotional problems in order to prevent mental disorders (including progression to diagnosable mental disorders) and to prevent self-harm and/or other risky behaviours?

Question 6: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for adolescents with disruptive/oppositional behaviours in order to prevent conduct disorders, self-harm and/or other risky behaviours?

Implementation of the Guidelines

Implementation considerations

Monitoring and evaluation of the quality and implementation of the Guidelines

Supporting local adaptation

Dissemination of the Guidelines and plans to update them

Publication and dissemination

Plans to update the Guidelines

Annex 1: Guideline Development Group and External Review Group members

Annex 2: Declarations of conflict of interest

Annex 3: Key questions

Annex 4: Review methodology

Annex 5: Application of GRADE

Annes 6: Evidence summaries per key question

Annex 8: Research gaps and priorities

References

Confidentiality.

Evidence and recommendations

Question 3: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents to promote their positive mental health and prevent mental disorders, self-harm and/or other risky behaviours?

Question 4: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for adolescents living with HIV/AIDS to improve their positive mental health and prevent mental disorders, self-harm and/or other risky behaviours?

Question 5: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for adolescents with emotional problems in order to prevent mental disorders (including progression to diagnosable mental disorders) and to prevent self-harm and/or other risky behaviours?.

Question 6: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for adolescents with disruptive/oppositional behaviours in order to prevent conduct disorders, self-harm and/or other risky behaviours?

reduce risky behaviours?.

Question 2A: Should psychosocial interventions be considered for adolescents exposed to adversities (specifically, violence) to improve their positive mental health and prevent mental disorders, self-harm and/or other risky behaviours?

Dissemination of the Guidelines and plans to update them.

Publication and dissemination.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (WHO, viewed October 22, 2022).