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Languages : en
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Atlas of Mental Health Resources in the World 2001
Author: Atlas
Author: World Health Organization. Department of Mental Health and Substance DependencePublisher:
ISBN: 9780119875584
Category : Mental health personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
Mental health resources in the world 2001
Author: Atlas
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mental health personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
Mental Health Atlas 2005
Author: World Health Organization. Department of Mental Health and Substance AbusePublisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 924156296X
Category : Medical personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
This atlas is aimed at collecting, compiling and desseminating information on mental health resources in the world. It presents updated and expanded information from 192 countries with analyses of global and regional trends as well as individual country profiles. Newly included in this volume is a section on epidemiology within the profiles of all low and middle income countries. It shows that mental health resources within most countries remain inadequate despite modest improvments since 2001. Availability of mental health resources across countries and between regions remains substantially uneven, with many countries having few resources. The atlas reinforces the urgent need to enhance mental health resources within countries.
World Health Report 2001
Author: World Health OrganizationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World health
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Global Mental Health
Author: Vikram PatelPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199336342
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Global health is an area for study, research and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. Global mental health is the application of these principles to the domain of mental ill-health. The most striking inequity is that concerning the disparities in provision of care and respect for human rights of people living with mental health problems (MHP) between rich and poor countries. Low and middle income countries (LMIC) are home to over 80% of the global population, but command less than 20% of the share of the mental health resources. The consequent 'treatment gap' is in itself a contravention of basic human rights. Even where treatment is provided, far too often this falls far below minimum acceptable standards. Failure to provide basic necessities such as adequate nourishment, clothing, shelter, comfort and privacy, and the administration of unauthorized and unmonitored detention, shackling and chaining are all well documented abuses, described recently as a 'failure of humanity'. The emergence of the discipline of global mental health as one of the most dynamic fields of global health underscores the need for this textbook for students of the discipline. Global mental health was cited by the NIMH Director in his 2012 year-ending blog as one of the major advances in mental health in 2012 and by one of the most influential figures in psychiatry and anthropology, Arthur Kleinman, as the exciting future of academic psychiatry (Br J Psychiatry, December 2012). The scope of the book is to cover two major aspects of the field: its scientific foundations and its practice and opens with an original account charting the history of the field from antiquity to its most recent developments. The language and content is geared towards a wide audience of practitioners and students of global mental health, including those who do not have any previous training in a clinical mental health specialty. This textbook, edited by four of the field's most widely acknowledged champions, with 20 chapters authored by over 30 global leaders of the field from diverse institutions and countries, is aimed to be the definitive text of this dynamic new discipline.
Atlas
Author: WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation
Author: Melvyn FreemanPublisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9789241562829
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This publication highlights key issues and principles to be considered in the drafting, adoption and implementation of mental health legislation and best practice in mental health services. It contains examples of diverse experiences and practices, as well as extracts of laws and other legal documents from a range of different countries, and a checklist of key policy components. Three main elements of effective mental health legislation are identified, relating to context, content and process.
Mental Health
Author: Publisher: WHO Regional Office Europe
ISBN: 928901377X
Category : Medical policy
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This international book aims to bring to life the mental health dimension of health promotion. It describes the concepts relating to promotion of mental health, the emerging evidence for the effectiveness of interventions, and the public health policy and practice implications. The book includes evidence on the relationship between social and cultural factors and the mental health of individuals and communities. It reviews the available evidence from a range of countries and cultures. It documents how actions such as advocacy, policy and project development, legislative and regulatory reform,