The global burden of mental disorders: An update from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys

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Authors

Ronald C. Kessler · Harvard University

Sergio Aguilar‐Gaxiola · University of California, Davis

Jordi Alonso · Hospital Del Mar

Somnath Chatterji · World Health Organization

Sing Lee · Chinese University of Hong Kong

Johan Ormel · University Medical Center Groningen

T. B. Üstün

Abstract

Mental disorders are commonly occurring and often seriously impairing in many countries throughout the world. Expansion of treatment could be cost-effective from both employer and societal perspectives.

Topics & Keywords

Mental Health Treatment and Access Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 23-33

DOI: 10.1017/s1121189x00001421

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