Developmental disorders
Chapter C.5
Developmental disorders
Chapter C.4
This manual is both a guide to treatment and a workbook for persons who suffer from genalized anxiety disorder.
Anxiety Disorders
Chapter F.4
Infant Psychiatry
Chapter B.1
Early Maltreatment and exposure to violence
Developmental disorders
Chapter C.3
Mood disorders
Chapter E.2
Mood disorders
Chapter E.4
2018 edition
Anxiety disorders
Chapter F.2
Anxiety disorders
Chapter F.5
Other disorders
Chapter H.6
Other disorders
Chapter H.3
Externalizing disorders
Chapter 1.1
Mental disorders are one of the top public health challenges in the WHO European Region, affecting about 25% of the population every year. In all countries, mental health problems are much more prevalent among the people who are most deprived. The WHO European Region therefore faces diverse challeng...es affecting both the mental well-being of the population and the provision and quality of care for people with mental health problems.
The European Mental Health Action Plan focuses on seven interlinked objectives and proposes effective action to strengthen mental health and well-being. Investing in mental health is essential for the sustainability of health and socioeconomic policies in the European Region. The Action Plan corresponds to the four priority areas of the European policy framework for health and wellbeing, Health 2020, and will contribute directly to its implementation.
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Developmental disorders
Chapter C.2
2014 Edition
Externalising disorders
Chapter D.2
Mood disorders
Chapter E.1
2015 edition
Mood disorders
Chapter E.3
2016 edition
Other disorders
Chapter H.5.1
Mental disorders are a leading cause of the global burden of disease, and the provision of mental health services in developing countries remains very limited and far from equitable. Using the Creditor Reporting System, we estimate the amounts and patterns of development assistance for global mental... health (DAMH) between 2007 and 2013. This allows us to examine how well international donors have responded to calls by global mental health advocates to scale up evidence-based services. Although DAMH did increase between 2007 and 2013, it remains low both in absolute terms and as a proportion of total development assistance for health (DAH). The average annual DAMH between 2007 and 2013 was US$133.57 million, and the proportion of DAH attributed to mental health is less than 1%. Approximately 48% of total DAMH was for humanitarian assistance, education, and civil services. More annual DAMH was channelled into the nonpublic sector than the public sector. Despite an expanding body of evidence suggesting that sustainable mental health care can be effectively integrated into existing health systems at relatively low cost, mental health has not received significant development assistance.
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