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050 00 $aRA790.7.D44$bW67 1995
060 00 $aWA 305 W927 1995
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245 00 $aWorld mental health :$bproblems and priorities in low-income countries /$cRobert Desjarlais [and others] ; with contributions from Alastair Ager [and others].
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c[1995], ©1995.
300 $ax, 382 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 314-348) and index.
505 0 $a1. The Global Context of Well-Being -- 2. Mental Illness and Psychiatric Services -- 3. Suicide -- 4. Substance Abuse -- 5. Violence -- 6. Dislocation -- 7. Children and Youth -- 8. Women -- 9. The Elderly -- 10. Behavior and Health -- 11. Conclusions and an Agenda for Action -- 12. An Agenda for Research -- A Call to Action -- Appendix 1. International Advisory Board Members -- Appendix 2. Consultants -- Appendix 3. Additional Readers -- Appendix 4. Working Papers -- Appendix 5. Brief Reports -- Appendix 6. Directory of Mental Health Agencies.
520 $aThis 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.
520 8 $aIt 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.
520 8 $a.
520 8 $aThe 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.
520 8 $aThey 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.
650 00 $aMental health$zDeveloping countries.
650 00 $aMental illness$zDeveloping countries.
650 00 $aMental health services$zDeveloping countries.
650 12 $aMental Health.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008603
650 22 $aDeveloping Countries.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003906
650 22 $aSocial Problems.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012940
700 1 $aDesjarlais, Robert R.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92076095
852 00 $boff,hsl$hRA790.7.D44$iW67 1995