World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries - Couverture souple

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9780195113112: World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 019511311X ISBN 13 : 9780195113112
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This book describes the burden of mental, behavioural, and social health problems in low-income countries, illuminates the reasons for the substantial morbidity rates, assesses current efforts to cope with these conditions, and points to ways to alleviate and, where feasible, prevent them. It provides a framework for international policy-makers to develop a concrete agenda for action and for further research on mental and social health.

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Revue de presse

an important book for participants in international policy discussions about world mental health ... also a useful book for students in public health ... The editors are internationally known authorities. It is easy to read. It proposes a series of initiatives that can help change the way we think about health and prosperity. (Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal)

The authors provide scholarly documentation of the epidemiology, anthropology, and consequences of the major mental health and behavioural problems that form an increasing part of the health burden around the world. Throughout, the book emphasizes the need to recognize and be sensitive to the role of culture and local institutions. The arguments and calls to action are hortatory but logical and convincing, and they follow from the material presented. Because each chapter is self-contained, the book can be read starting at any point, depending on one's interests. Whether readers are oriented quantitatively or qualitatively, they can enjoy and be informed by any or all of the chapters. The book is well written and carefully documented, with extensive notes and references. (Grace Wyshak, Harvard School of Public Health, The New England Journal of Medicine, November 1995)

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book describes the burden of mental, behavioural, and social health problems in low-income countries, illuminates the reasons for the substantial morbidity rates, assesses current efforts to cope with these conditions, and points to ways to alleviate and, where feasible, prevent them. It provides a framework for international policy-makers to develop a concrete agenda for action and for further research on mental and social health.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
019511311X
ISBN 13 
9780195113112
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
396
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie
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Assago Milano
20090
Italie

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9780195095401: World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0195095405 ISBN 13 :  9780195095401
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1995
Couverture rigide