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Mental health is integral to public health: a call to scale up evidence-based services and develop mental health research.

Year: 2008

Type: editorial

Abstract: The Global Burden of Disease studies documented the challenges posed by mental illness. Mental illness comprised an estimated 12% of the global burden of disease in 2000, and is predicted to rise to 15% by 2020. Mental disorders comprise 5 of the 10 leading causes of health disability; it is predicted that, by 2030, unipolar depression will be the world's second most disabling health condition.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Crick Lund, Dan J Stein, Joanne Corrigall, Debbie Bradshaw, Michelle Schneider, Alan J Flisher

Institutions: University of Cape Town, South African Medical Research Council, University of Bergen

Language: English

Topic: Mental Health Treatment and Access

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1903889320

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