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World Mental Health
Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries
Robert Desjarlais, Leon Eisenberg, Byron Good, and Arthur Kleinman
392 pages
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line figures, tables
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234x156mm
978-0-19-511311-2
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Paperback
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02 January 1997
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- A very readable volume for those interested in the global context of mental health
- The result of several years of collaboration between researchers at Harvard Medical School and experts from more than 30 countries
This book describes the burden of mental, behavioural, and social health problems in low-income countries, illuminates the reasons for the substantial morbidity rates, assesses current efforts to cope with these conditions, and points to ways to alleviate and, where feasible, prevent them. It provides a framework for international policy-makers to develop a concrete agenda for action and for further research on mental and social health.Readership: Psychiatrists, international health practitioners.
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Robert Desjarlais, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Sarah Lawrence College, Leon Eisenberg, Professor of Social Medicine, Byron Good, Professor of Medical Anthropology, and Arthur Kleinman, Professor of Social Medicine, all at Harvard Medical School
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"an important book for participants in international policy discussions about world mental health ... also a useful book for students in public health ... The editors are internationally known authorities. It is easy to read. It proposes a series of initiatives that can help change the way we think about health and prosperity." - Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal
"The authors provide scholarly documentation of the epidemiology, anthropology, and consequences of the major mental health and behavioural problems that form an increasing part of the health burden around the world. Throughout, the book emphasizes the need to recognize and be sensitive to the role of culture and local institutions. The arguments and calls to action are hortatory but logical and convincing, and they follow from the material presented. Because each chapter is self-contained, the book can be read starting at any point, depending on one's interests. Whether readers are oriented quantitatively or qualitatively, they can enjoy and be informed by any or all of the chapters. The book is well written and carefully documented, with extensive notes and references." - Grace
Wyshak, Harvard School of Public Health, The New England Journal of Medicine, November 1995
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1.: 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
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