The social determinants of health (SDOH) are the economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health...

Special considerations are needed to provide appropriate medical treatment for refugee migrants to the United States, who often face...

Refugee health is the field of study on the health effects experienced by people who have been displaced into another country or even to...

Data from WHO and the World Bank indicate that scaling up infrastructure to enable access to surgical care in regions where it is...

Violence against women has been defined as: "physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the family and in the general...

Global health is the health of populations in a worldwide context;[1] it has been defined as "the area of study, research, and practice...

Global mental health is the international perspective on different aspects of mental health.[1] It is 'the area of study, research and...

Country and liaison offices The World Health Organization operates 150 country offices in six different regions.[276] It also operates...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public...

Self-actualization, in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, is the highest personal aspirational human need in the hierarchy. It represents where...

Behavior (American English) or behaviour (British English) is the range of actions of individuals, organisms, systems or artificial...

Mental health is often mistakenly equated with the absence of mental illness. However, mental health refers to a person's overall...

Recovery coaching is a form of strengths-based support for people with addictions or in recovery from alcohol, other drugs, codependency, or other addictive behaviors.[1] There are multiple models, with some programs using self-identified peers who draw from their own lived experience with substance use and recovery and some utilizing people who have no lived experience but some training in support, depending on local standards and availability.[2] They help clients find ways

According to a 2023 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study, suicide is the second leading cause of death for adolescents...

The ongoing youth mental health crisis refers to the significant rise in mental health challenges among adolescents and young adults in...

Risk factors and the minority stress model The minority stress model takes into account significant stressors that distinctly affect the...

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness,[6] a mental health condition,[7] or a psychiatric disability,[2] is a behavioral...

The Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders (CCMD; Chinese: 中国精神疾病分类方案与诊断标准), published by the Chinese Society of Psychiatry (CSP), is...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; latest edition: DSM-5-TR, published in March 2022[1]) is a publication by...

The mental status examination (MSE) is an important part of the clinical assessment process in neurological and psychiatric practice. It...