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

Robert Desjarlais, Leon Eisenberg, Byron Good, Arthur Kleinman and others

ISBN 10: 019511311X / ISBN 13: 9780195113112

Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 1996

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PAPERBACK 1996. 23.5x15.5cm. x+382 pages with index. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref ht257.2. World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019511311X
• ISBN 13: 9780195113112
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good Plus

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Synopsis

This timely volume analyzes the growing burden of mental, behavioral and social problems in low-income countries, examines the sources of the substantial morbidity rates and their relation to development, and assesses current efforts to cope with them. It identifies opportunities for effective mental health interventions, methods of treatment, culturally appropriate prevention programs, and sound policy formation. It relates the mental health consequences of violence, dislocation, poverty, and the disenfranchisement of women to the most pressing economic, political, and environmental problems of our time.

About the Author

Robert Desjarlais is at Sarah Lawrence College. Leon Eisenberg is at Harvard Medical School.