Is it worth investing in mental health promotion and prevention of mental illness? A systematic review of the evidence from economic evaluations

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zechmeister, Ingrid ^a,z   Kilian, Reinhold ^b   McDaid, David ^c   Dierckx, Hilde ^d   Rissanen, Pekka ^e   Lepine, Jean Pierre ^f   Becker, Thomas ^b   Constantoupoulos, Athanassios ^g   Tomasson, Kristinn ^h   Kenelly, Breden ⁱ   Amaddeo, Francesco ^j   Evers, Silvia ^k   Halsteinli, Vidar ^l   Duarte Oliveira, Monica ^m   Salvador Carulla, Luis ⁿ   Jonsson, Linus ^o   Dernovsek, Mojca Z ^p   Knapp, Martin ^c   Medeiros, Helen ^c   Metha, Anji ^c   Henderson, John ^q   Fresu, Mari ^q   Van Dievel, Mary ^q   Dimitrov, Hristo ^r   Nawka, Petr ^s   Lai, Taavi ^t   Murauskiene, Liubove ^u   Prot Klinger, Katarzyna ^v   Simon, Judit ^w   Tatar, Mehtap ^x   Xerri, Ray G ^y   more..

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^f HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^g G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^h Administration of Occupational Safety and Health Reykjavik   (Iceland)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^k MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l SINTEF   (Norway)

^m INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

ⁿ PSICOST   (Spain)

^o STOCKHOLM HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^q Mental Health Europe   (Belgium)

^r Alexandrovska Hospital   (Bulgaria)

^s CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^u Public Enterprise mTVC (Training Research and Development Centre)   (Lithuania)

^v INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^w UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^x HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^y Ministry of Health   (Malta)

^z ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 39449083241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-20     Document Type: Article

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