Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition : Volume 4. Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders

Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders are common, highly disabling, and associated with significant premature mortality. The impact of these disorders on the social and economic well-being of individuals, families, and societies is large, growing, and underestimated. Despite this burden...

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Main Authors: Patel, Vikram, Chisholm, Dan, Dua, Tarun, Laxminarayan, Ramanan, Medina-Mora, Maria Elena
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2016
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spelling okr-10986-238322021-04-23T14:04:18Z Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition : Volume 4. Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders Patel, Vikram Chisholm, Dan Dua, Tarun Laxminarayan, Ramanan Medina-Mora, Maria Elena Patel, Vikram Chisholm, Dan Dua, Tarun Laxminarayan, Ramanan Medina-Mora, Maria Lena disease control priorities substance abuse intervention public health MNS disorders trauma mental illness neurological psychiatry Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders are common, highly disabling, and associated with significant premature mortality. The impact of these disorders on the social and economic well-being of individuals, families, and societies is large, growing, and underestimated. Despite this burden, these disorders have been systematically neglected, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, with pitifully small contributions to scaling up cost-effective prevention and treatment strategies. Systematically compiling the substantial existing knowledge to address this inequity is the central goal of this volume. This evidence-base can help policy makers in resource-constrained settings as they prioritize programs and interventions to address these disorders. 2016-03-02T22:37:08Z 2016-03-02T22:37:08Z 2016-03-21 Book 978-1-4648-0426-7 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23832 en_US Disease Control Priorities; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic disease control priorities
substance abuse
intervention
public health
MNS disorders
trauma
mental illness
neurological
psychiatry
spellingShingle disease control priorities
substance abuse
intervention
public health
MNS disorders
trauma
mental illness
neurological
psychiatry
Patel, Vikram
Chisholm, Dan
Dua, Tarun
Laxminarayan, Ramanan
Medina-Mora, Maria Elena
Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition : Volume 4. Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
relation Disease Control Priorities;
description Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders are common, highly disabling, and associated with significant premature mortality. The impact of these disorders on the social and economic well-being of individuals, families, and societies is large, growing, and underestimated. Despite this burden, these disorders have been systematically neglected, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, with pitifully small contributions to scaling up cost-effective prevention and treatment strategies. Systematically compiling the substantial existing knowledge to address this inequity is the central goal of this volume. This evidence-base can help policy makers in resource-constrained settings as they prioritize programs and interventions to address these disorders.
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Patel, Vikram
Chisholm, Dan
Dua, Tarun
Laxminarayan, Ramanan
Medina-Mora, Maria Elena
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author Patel, Vikram
Chisholm, Dan
Dua, Tarun
Laxminarayan, Ramanan
Medina-Mora, Maria Elena
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title Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition : Volume 4. Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
title_short Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition : Volume 4. Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
title_full Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition : Volume 4. Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
title_fullStr Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition : Volume 4. Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
title_full_unstemmed Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition : Volume 4. Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
title_sort disease control priorities, third edition : volume 4. mental, neurological, and substance use disorders
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2016
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