World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries - Hardcover
This timely volume describes the emergence of a crisis in world mental health. It analyzes the growing burden of mental, behavioral and social problems in low-income countries, examines the sources of the substantial morbidity rates and their relation to development, and assesses current efforts to cope with them. It identifies opportunities for effective mental health interventions, methods of treatment, culturally appropriate prevention programs, and sound policy formation. It relates the mental health consequences of violence, dislocation, poverty, and the disenfranchisement of women to the most pressing economic, political, and environmental problems of our time. Because many of the problems reviewed in this volume occur in both low-income and high-income societies, fruitful comparison and collaboration between North and South can lead to mental health policies that can be applied in many settings.
The book is the result of several years of collaboration between experts from more than 19 countries and researchers in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. The authors examine key findings on mental illness and mental health services; suicide; substance abuse; the mental health problems of women, children and the elderly; violence; dislocation; and health-related behavior in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. They recommend new actions in mental health services, in public health and public policy, as well as an agenda for research. For all who are interested in the global context of mental health and in development, this very readable volume with its numerous case studies, illustrations and tables will be an invaluable resource.
The book is the result of several years of collaboration between experts from more than 19 countries and researchers in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. The authors examine key findings on mental illness and mental health services; suicide; substance abuse; the mental health problems of women, children and the elderly; violence; dislocation; and health-related behavior in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. They recommend new actions in mental health services, in public health and public policy, as well as an agenda for research. For all who are interested in the global context of mental health and in development, this very readable volume with its numerous case studies, illustrations and tables will be an invaluable resource.
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About the Author:
Robert Desjarlais, Department of Anthropology, Sarah Lawrence College.
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"This report represents the most comprehensive and authoritative statement to date on the state of mental and behavioral problems around the globe. Guided by a distinguished internatinoal editorial board drawn from many countries, the authors have culled essential information from public
health and scientific reports published in world literature and from papers prepared by individuals knowledgeable about the nature and magnitude of these problems in their countries and about efforts to address them." - from the Foreword by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
"An important book for participants in international policy discussions about world mental health. The issues of physical health and mental health, social well-being, economic development, international security, and human rights are seen as inextricably linked. The editors are internationally
known authorities....Easy to read....Proposes a series of initiatives that can help change the way we think about health and prosperity." - Marianne Svanborg, MD, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, Doody's Journal
"This is a valuable and much-needed complement to current and recent publications on mental health in developed countries, and updates and expands economic interpretations of mental health in development." - S.G. Lurie, University of North Texas
"This report represents the most comprehensive and authoritative statement to date on the state of mental and behavioral problems around the globe. Guided by a distinguished internatinoal editorial board drawn from many countries, the authors have culled essential information from public
health and scientific reports published in world literature and from papers prepared by individuals knowledgeable about the nature and magnitude of these problems in their countries and about efforts to address them." --from the Foreword by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
"An important book for participants in international policy discussions about world mental health. The issues of physical health and mental health, social well-being, economic development, international security, and human rights are seen as inextricably linked. The editors are internationally
known authorities....Easy to read....Proposes a series of initiatives that can help change the way we think about health and prosperity." --
arianne Svanborg, MD, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, Doody's Journal
"This is a valuable and much-needed complement to current and recent publications on mental health in developed countries, and updates and expands economic interpretations of mental health in development."--S.G. Lurie, University of North Texas
"This Report puts the issue of mental health and well-being firmly on the international agenda. It reminds us of the great human suffering caused by mentql illiness. It describes a disability that can afflict individuals and whole communities. Stress, trauma, rapid social change and family
disruption are all involved. This Report tell us that such suffering in many cases can be prevented...the objective is to promote the mental health and well-being of all the inhabitants of the planet. Let us, therefore, respond to this World Mental Health Report not simply by blessing it; let us
take its recommendations, and act on them."--Boutros Boutros-Ghali
"This report represents the most comprehensive and authoritative statement to date on the state of mental and behavioral problems around the globe. Guided by a distinguished international editorial board drawn from many countries, the authors have culled essential information from public
health and scientific reports published in world literature and from papers prepared by individuals knowledgeable about the nature and magnitude of these problems in their countries and about efforts to address them." --from the Foreword by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
"An important book for participants in international policy discussions about world mental health. The issues of physical health and mental health, social well-being, economic development, international security, and human rights are seen as inextricably linked. The editors are internationally
known authorities.... Easy to read.... Proposes a series of initiatives that can help change the way we think about health and prosperity." --
arianne Svanborg, MD, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, Doody's Journal
"This Report puts the issue of mental health and well-being firmly on the international agenda. It reminds us of the great human suffering caused by mental illness. It describes a disability that can afflict individuals and whole communities. Stress, trauma, rapid social change and family
disruption are all involved. This Report tell us that such suffering in many cases can be prevented...the objective is to promote the mental health and well-being of all the inhabitants of the planet. Let us, therefore, respond to this World Mental Health Report not simply by blessing it; let us
take its recommendations, and act on them."--Boutros Boutros-Ghali
health and scientific reports published in world literature and from papers prepared by individuals knowledgeable about the nature and magnitude of these problems in their countries and about efforts to address them." - from the Foreword by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
"An important book for participants in international policy discussions about world mental health. The issues of physical health and mental health, social well-being, economic development, international security, and human rights are seen as inextricably linked. The editors are internationally
known authorities....Easy to read....Proposes a series of initiatives that can help change the way we think about health and prosperity." - Marianne Svanborg, MD, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, Doody's Journal
"This is a valuable and much-needed complement to current and recent publications on mental health in developed countries, and updates and expands economic interpretations of mental health in development." - S.G. Lurie, University of North Texas
"This report represents the most comprehensive and authoritative statement to date on the state of mental and behavioral problems around the globe. Guided by a distinguished internatinoal editorial board drawn from many countries, the authors have culled essential information from public
health and scientific reports published in world literature and from papers prepared by individuals knowledgeable about the nature and magnitude of these problems in their countries and about efforts to address them." --from the Foreword by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
"An important book for participants in international policy discussions about world mental health. The issues of physical health and mental health, social well-being, economic development, international security, and human rights are seen as inextricably linked. The editors are internationally
known authorities....Easy to read....Proposes a series of initiatives that can help change the way we think about health and prosperity." --
arianne Svanborg, MD, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, Doody's Journal
"This is a valuable and much-needed complement to current and recent publications on mental health in developed countries, and updates and expands economic interpretations of mental health in development."--S.G. Lurie, University of North Texas
"This Report puts the issue of mental health and well-being firmly on the international agenda. It reminds us of the great human suffering caused by mentql illiness. It describes a disability that can afflict individuals and whole communities. Stress, trauma, rapid social change and family
disruption are all involved. This Report tell us that such suffering in many cases can be prevented...the objective is to promote the mental health and well-being of all the inhabitants of the planet. Let us, therefore, respond to this World Mental Health Report not simply by blessing it; let us
take its recommendations, and act on them."--Boutros Boutros-Ghali
"This report represents the most comprehensive and authoritative statement to date on the state of mental and behavioral problems around the globe. Guided by a distinguished international editorial board drawn from many countries, the authors have culled essential information from public
health and scientific reports published in world literature and from papers prepared by individuals knowledgeable about the nature and magnitude of these problems in their countries and about efforts to address them." --from the Foreword by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
"An important book for participants in international policy discussions about world mental health. The issues of physical health and mental health, social well-being, economic development, international security, and human rights are seen as inextricably linked. The editors are internationally
known authorities.... Easy to read.... Proposes a series of initiatives that can help change the way we think about health and prosperity." --
arianne Svanborg, MD, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, Doody's Journal
"This Report puts the issue of mental health and well-being firmly on the international agenda. It reminds us of the great human suffering caused by mental illness. It describes a disability that can afflict individuals and whole communities. Stress, trauma, rapid social change and family
disruption are all involved. This Report tell us that such suffering in many cases can be prevented...the objective is to promote the mental health and well-being of all the inhabitants of the planet. Let us, therefore, respond to this World Mental Health Report not simply by blessing it; let us
take its recommendations, and act on them."--Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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- PublisherOxford Univ Pr
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0195095405
- ISBN 13 9780195095401
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- Number of pages382
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