Each Monday we will be learning and thinking about Global Mental Health. To get us started off, let's take a broad look at this topic.
Almost 15% of the world's disease burden is attributed to mental disorders, and almost three quarters of this burden is in low and middle-income countries. Yet almost 90% of people needing access to care in these countries do not receive it. Vikram Patel is the co-director of the Centre for Global Mental Health. In this TED Talk, he speaks about the impact of this disease burden and increasing access to mental health services in developing countries.
http://www.ted.com/talks/vikram_patel_mental_health_for_all_by_involving_all
Almost 15% of the world's disease burden is attributed to mental disorders, and almost three quarters of this burden is in low and middle-income countries. Yet almost 90% of people needing access to care in these countries do not receive it. Vikram Patel is the co-director of the Centre for Global Mental Health. In this TED Talk, he speaks about the impact of this disease burden and increasing access to mental health services in developing countries.
http://www.ted.com/talks/vikram_patel_mental_health_for_all_by_involving_all
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