About us
Mental Health and Substance Use
Our work involves mental health promotion and the prevention of mental, neurological and substance use disorders. We support the expansion of access to affordable, quality care for everyone who needs it.
Mental Health Unit
Leads work in a number of areas: suicide, prevention, mental health services across the life course; mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies; care of mental disorders in non-specialized and specialized health care; mental health education; psychological interventions, including IT-supported care; mental health at work and epidemiology.
Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours Team
Promotes evidence-based policies, strategies and interventions that reduce the burden associated with alcohol, drugs and addictive behaviours. Provides normative guidance and technical assistance on the prevention and treatment of disorders due to substance use and addictive behaviors and collates and disseminates relevant global data to inform policy and programme development.
Contact
World Health Organization
Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health
20, Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland