Atlas of Mental Health Resources in the World 2001
Title | Atlas of Mental Health Resources in the World 2001 PDF eBook |
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Atlas
Title | Atlas PDF eBook |
Author | World Health Organization. Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence |
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Total Pages | 55 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Mental health personnel |
ISBN | 9780119875584 |
Mental Health Atlas 2005
Title | Mental Health Atlas 2005 PDF eBook |
Author | World Health Organization. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse |
Publisher | World Health Organization |
Total Pages | 544 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Medical personnel |
ISBN | 924156296X |
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.
Atlas
Title | Atlas PDF eBook |
Author | World Health Organization |
Publisher | World Health Organization |
Total Pages | 44 |
Release | 2005-11-08 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9241563079 |
This joint publication by the WHO and the World Psychiatric Association sets out information on psychiatric training and education programmes around the world, based on a questionnaire and other information sources. Topics covered include: training programmes and infrastructure; curricula and teaching methods; evaluation; specialisation and bilateral arrangement; continuing education; licensing and the role of national institutions. It also includes a comparative case study of psychiatric education and training in a high income (Switzerland) and a low income country (Uganda).
Mental health atlas 2020
Title | Mental health atlas 2020 PDF eBook |
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Publisher | World Health Organization |
Total Pages | 136 |
Release | 2021-10-08 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9240036709 |
Global Mental Health
Title | Global Mental Health PDF eBook |
Author | Vikram Patel |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 511 |
Release | 2013-11 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0199920184 |
This is the definitive textbook on global mental health, an emerging priority discipline within global health, which places priority on improving mental health and achieving equity in mental health for all people worldwide.
Mental and Neurological Public Health
Title | Mental and Neurological Public Health PDF eBook |
Author | Vikram Patel |
Publisher | Academic Press |
Total Pages | 560 |
Release | 2010-06-07 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9780123815279 |
Colin Mathers who leads the Global Burden of Disease group in WHO has confirmed that, in the 2004 GBD, 13.1% of global Daily Adjusted Life Years are attributable to mental or neurological disorders. While the proportions vary very widely from about 10% in low income countries to over 25% in high income countries, it is clear that there is a need for understanding how to address this issue. This volume aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the public health principles of mental and neurological disorders. This vast range of health conditions affects people across the life course, from developmental disabilities in childhood, to schizophrenia and substance abuse in adults, and dementia in old age. Despite this diversity, they all share many features: they are mostly mediated through brain dysfunction or abnormalities, are often chronic in course, typically benefit from multi-component interventions, and are amongst the most neglected conditions in global health. The volume will bring together chapters from the Psychiatry, Neurology, Substance Abuse and Child Development sections of the Encyclopedia of Public Health. The volume will be the first comprehensive text on a public health approach to this diverse group of health conditions and has no obvious competitor. Highlights the common features of many mental and neurological disorders Provides insights into potential "cross-over" methods of identification and treatment Includes chapters on the most frequently diagnosed mental and neurological challenges faced by public health systems