Bibliographic information
GuidelineUpdate of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guidelines for mental, neurological and substance use disorders, 2015
Year of Publication2015
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Maintained
Originally developed
(Effective strategies for detecting maltreatment of children and youth within the context of mental health and developmental assessment) Health care providers should be alert to the clinical features associated with child maltreatment and associated risk factors and assess for child maltreatment, without putting the child at increased risk.
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guideline
WHO Guidelines for the health sector response to child maltreatment
Year2019
InstitutionWorld Health Organization