The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: Global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders

Thông tin sách: The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: Global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (Hardcover, 600 trang) – Cambridge University Press, 2008. Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh.

Mental disorders have profound social, cultural, and economic effects throughout the world. Although most psychiatry and psychology texts provide some basic data on the prevalence and treatment of mental disorders, no previous book has ever presented such data with the breadth or depth of the current volume. Reported here are the first results of the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative, the largest coordinated series of cross-national psychiatric epidemiological surveys ever undertaken. The general population surveys in the WMH series span 17 countries in all parts of the world. In many of these countries the WMH surveys provide the first community epidemiological data ever available on mental disorders in the population. The detailed information on lifetime prevalence, age of onset, course, correlates, and treatment of mental disorders in this volume provides mental health professionals and healthcare policy planners with an unprecedented state-of-the-art reference on the cross-national descriptive epidemiology of mental disorders. Editorial Reviews Review "The largest coordinated series of cross-national psychiatric epidemiological surveys ever conducted....The methods are detailed and presented lucidly and engagingly. Results and comparisons chapters illuminate these empirical data with plenty of tables and figures displaying patterns and correlates of prevalence and treatment from the cross-sectional surveys conducted in this cross-national naturalistic initiative....This book definitely belongs in academic medical center/university libraries, and is a highly recommended addition for the personal libraries of anyone interested in understanding the global burden of mental disorders and the underpinnings of its societal impact."
--Doody's Review Service Book Description This book reports the first results of the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative.