| World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries Revised Edition Contributor(s): Desjarlais, Robert (Editor), Eisenberg, Leon (Editor), Good, Byron (Editor) |
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ISBN: 019511311X ISBN-13: 9780195113112 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $79.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Psychiatry - General - Medical | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 362.209 |
| LCCN: 94-31615 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.15" W x 9.26" (1.30 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This timely volume analyzes the growing burden of mental, behavioral and social problems in low-income countries, examines the sources of the substantial morbidity rates and their relation to development, and assesses current efforts to cope with them. It identifies opportunities for effective mental health interventions, methods of treatment, culturally appropriate prevention programs, and sound policy formation. It relates the mental health consequences of violence, dislocation, poverty, and the disenfranchisement of women to the most pressing economic, political, and environmental problems of our time. |