Mental Health Context : Mental Health Policy and Service Guidance Package
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : World Health Organization; Ebooks Corporation.
- ناشر : Geneva : World Health Organization
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2003
- شابک / ISBN : 9789240680982
Description
Table of contents; Preface; Executive summary; Aims and target audience; 1. Introduction; 2. The burden of mental disorders; 3. Historical perspective; 4. Recent developments in the understanding, treatment and care of persons with mental disorders; 5. Global health reform trends and implications for mental health; 6. Government policies outside the health sector which influence mental health; 7. Mental Health Policy and Service Guidance Package: purpose and summary of the modules; References;
This introductory module describes the current global context of mental health. Beginning with an outline of the current burden of mental disorders, the module sets the stage by describing the historical background to the current situation and summarising recent developments in the understanding, treatment and care of people with mental disorders. An analysis is provided of trends in global health reform and their implications for mental health. To illustrate how these global trends can be addressed by governments, and to introduce the reader to the guidance package, a summary is then provided
