World Mental Health Casebook
Subtitle: Social and Mental Programs in Low-Income Countries
Contributors: Alex Cohen (Editor); Arthur Kleinman (Editor); Benedetto Saraceno (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780306467325
Subjects: Mental health services; Mental Health And Hygiene; Services For The Mentally Challenged; Psychology; Medical; Developing countries; Administration; Mental Illness; Public Health; Medical / Public Health; Human Services; Mental Health
First sentence: The most comprehensive psychiatric epidemiological study in China reported a point prevalence of schizophrenia of 6.06 cases per thousand in urban areas and 3.42 per thousand in rural settings (Coordinating Group for the 12-Region Epidemiological Survey of Mental Illnesses, 1986).