There is a worldwide recognition that mental health well being is important. Also, primary care doctors and psychiatrists need a mindset change to develop a new heath care system where primary care doctors can play a bigger role in delivering this care. WHO has developed the mental health Gap Action Programme to upscale the capacity of primary care doctors. The mhGAP-Intervention Guide provides guidance on evidence-based interventions to identify and manage a number of priority conditions. The priority conditions included are depression, psychosis, bipolar disorders, epilepsy, developmental and behavioural disorders in children and adolescents, dementia, alcohol use disorders, drug use disorders, self-harm /suicide and other significant emotional or medically unexplained complaints. These priority conditions were selected because they represent a large burden in terms of mortality, morbidity or disability, have high economic costs, and are associated with violations of human rights. These 11 mhGAP-IG topics are already included in the GDFm/mmed (Family medicine) modular course and in the Graduate Diploma in mental heath. Aligning the content of these topics in the notes and mhGAP-IG will be useful.