The treatment gap in mental health care

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 858-866

  Kohn, Robert ^a,b   Saxena, Shekhar ^c   Levav, Itzhak ^d   Saraceno, Benedetto ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alcoholism therapy; Americas; Anxiety disorders therapy; Compulsive personality disorder therapy; Cost of illness; Epidemiologic studies; Europe; Health services accessibility; Mental health services utilization; Mood disorders therapy; Schizophrenia therapy

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CALCULATION; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSTHYMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 9644294286     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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