
ProblemManagementPlus (PM+)psychologicalintervention forindividualsTraining manual Problem Management Plus (PM+) psychological intervention for individuals: training manual ISBN 978-92-4-010992-6 (electronic version)ISBN 978-92-4-010993-3 (print version) © World Health Organization 2025 Some rights reserved. This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo). Under the terms of this licence, you may copy, redistribute and adapt the work for non-commercialpurposes, provided the work is appropriately cited, as indicated below. In any use of this work, thereshould be no suggestion that WHO endorses any specific organization, products or services. The use ofthe WHO logo is not permitted. If you adapt the work, then you must license your work under the sameor equivalent Creative Commons licence. If you create a translation of this work, you should add thefollowing disclaimer along with the suggested citation: “This translation was not created by the WorldHealth Organization (WHO). WHO is not responsible for the content or accuracy of this translation. Theoriginal English edition shall be the binding and authentic edition”. Any mediation relating to disputes arising under the licence shall be conducted in accordance withthe mediation rules of the World Intellectual Property Organization (http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/mediation/rules/). Suggested citation. Problem Management Plus (PM+) psychological intervention for individuals: trainingmanual. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) data. CIP data are available at https://iris.who.int/. Sales, rights and licensing. To purchase WHO publications, see https://www.who.int/publications/book-orders. To submit requests for commercial use and queries on rights and licensing, see https://www.who.int/copyright. Third-party materials. If you wish to reuse material from this work that is attributed to a third party,such as tables, figures or images, it is your responsibility to determine whether permission is neededfor that reuse and to obtain permission from the copyright holder. The risk of claims resulting frominfringement of any third-party-owned component in the work rests solely with the user. General disclaimers. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publicationdo not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of WHO concerning the legal statusof any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers orboundaries. Dotted and dashed lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there maynot yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers’ products does not imply that they areendorsed or recommended by WHO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned.Errors and omissions excepted, the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initialcapital letters. All reasonable precautions have been taken by WHO to verify the information contained in thispublication. However, the published material is being distributed without warranty of any kind, eitherexpressed or implied. The responsibility for the interpretation and use of the material lies with thereader. In no event shall WHO be liable for damages arising from its use. Contents Acknowledgements............................................................................................vii Part A. Introduction, overview and planning tasks.........1 About PM+ training...............................................................................................2 Overview............................................................................................................................................................... 2Approach to development................................................................................................................................. 2Note on translation and adaptation of this training manual...................................................................... 2Planning to provide a psychological intervention and setting up a service............................................ 3Choosing and being a PM+ trainer or supervisor.......................................................................................... 4Becoming a PM+ helper: requirements and expectations of your trainees............................................. 5 How to deliver effective PM+ training...................................................................7 An outline of the training and planning activities......................................................................................... 7Planning the training..............................................................................................................