Title: Mental health and development :
Authors: Funk, Michelle.; Mental Health and Poverty Project.; World Health Organization.
Date: 2010
Publisher: World Health Organization,
Physical description: xxviii, 74 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: R
Abstract: "This report presents compelling evidence that people with mental health conditions meet major criteria for vulnerability. The report also describes how vulnerability can lead to poor mental health, and how mental health conditions are widespread yet largely unaddressed among groups identified as vulnerable. It argues that mental health should be included in sectoral and broader development strategies and plans, and that development stakeholders have important roles to play in ensuring that people with mental health conditions are recognized as a vulnerable group and are not excluded from development opportunities. The recommended actions in this report provide a starting point to achieve these aims."--Page xxiv.
Contents: Supporting statements. -- Executive summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. People with mental health conditions comprise a vulnerable group -- 3. Other vulnerable groups have high rates of mental health conditions -- 4. Improving development outcomes: principles and actions -- 5. All development stakeholders have important roles to play -- Conclusion.
Notes: "Report written by Dr Michelle Funk, Ms Natalie Drew, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (WHO/Geneva) and Professor Melvyn Freeman, National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa; Section on mental health conditions of other vulnerable groups with Dr Edwige Faydi, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (WHO/ Geneva); Section on Emergency with Dr Mark Van Ommeren, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (WHO/Geneva); Section on the role of development stakeholders with Ms Audrey Kettaneh, Paris, France."-- P. v. "This report has been produced as part of a Research Programme Consortium entitled "The Mental Health and Poverty Project" (MHaPP) funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) (DFID contract number: RPC HD6 2005-2010). MHaPP is examining the policy level interventions that are required to break the vicious cycle of poverty and mental ill-health, in order to generate lessons for a range of low- and middle-income countries. The views expressed in this report are not necessarily those of DFID."-- P. vi.
Subject headings (LCSH): Mentally ill--Services for--Developing countries.; Poor--Mental health--Developing countries.