The global burden of mental disorders: An update from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys
Harvard University · University of California, Davis · +7 more institutions
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Abstract
Aims
The paper reviews recent findings from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) surveys on the global burden of mental disorders.
Methods
The WMH surveys are representative community surveys in 28 countries throughout the world aimed at providing information to mental health policy makers about the prevalence, distribution, burden, and unmet need for treatment of common mental disorders.
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Authors
8- RCRonald C. KesslerCorresponding
Harvard University
- SASergio Aguilar‐Gaxiola
University of California, Davis
- JAJordi Alonso
Hospital Del Mar, Municipal Institute for Medical Research, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
- SCSomnath Chatterji
World Health Organization
- SLSing Lee
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Topics & keywords
Topics
Keywords
- Mental health
- Psychological intervention
- Psychiatry
- Prevalence of mental disorders
- Anxiety
- Mood disorders
- Medicine
- Mental illness
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