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Unmet Need in Psychiatry: Problems, Resources, Responses - Hardcover

Edited By Gavin Andrews , Scott Henderson

 
9780521662291: Unmet Need in Psychiatry: Problems, Resources, Responses
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 052166229X ISBN 13: 9780521662291
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book considers ways to resolve the imbalance between the demand and supply of mental health services. Treatment services in most countries reach only a minority of people identified as suffering from a mental disorder. Few countries can provide adequate health services for all the mentally ill, yet none has developed a rational system to decide who should be treated. The questions are clear. Could we develop a staged treatment process to reach all in need? If not, how do we decide who to treat? What should the criteria be for deployment of scarce treatment resources? How do we determine such criteria? What are the ethical implications of applying such criteria? In this pioneering work, an international team of eminent psychiatrists, epidemiologists, health administrators, economists and health planners examine these questions. The result will inform and encourage all concerned with the equitable provision of mental health care.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
052166229X
ISBN 13 
9780521662291
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
462