To overcome barriers to closing the gap between resources and the need for treatment of mental disorders, and to reduce the number of years lived with disability and deaths associated with such disorders, the World Health Organiza- tion has created the Mental Health Global Action Programme (mhGAP) as part of a major effort to implement the rec- ommendations of the World Health Report 2001 on mental health. The programme is based on strategies aimed at improving the mental health of populations. To implement those strategies, WHO is undertaking different projects and activities, such as the Global Campaign against Epilepsy, the Global Campaign for Suicide Prevention,.
