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Mental Health Atlas: 2005 by Mental Health: Evidence and Research, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, WHO is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Mental Health Atlas: 2005 about?

The 2005 edition is an update of the first Mental Health Atlas 2001, and contains the most complete global data available on mental health resources. It shows no substantial change in global mental health resources since 2001, while there continue to be marked and growing differences in availability between high- and low-income countries. For example, while the survey of 192 countries does show a slight increase in the total number of psychiatrists from 3.96 to 4.15 per 100 000 people worldwide, distribution across regions ranges from 9.8 in Europe to just 0.04 in Africa. This disparity has increased since 2001. The Atlas notes that many countries continue to spend only a very small proportion of their total health budget on mental health. One fifth of the more than 100 countries supplying figures to the survey spend less than 1% of their health budget on mental health. This is in stark contrast to WHO's estimate that 13% of all disease burden is caused by the wide range of neuro-psychiatric disorders. "The new Atlas findings reflect the ongoing reality that the world still considers mental health care as a low priority within public health. There are enough scientific and ethical

Author

Mental Health: Evidence and Research, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, WHO

Publisher

Geneva: World Health Organization

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781423742913

Subjects

Medical, Health & Fitness, Social Science