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Global Burden of Mental Disorders: Quality of Care and Unmet Needs for Treatment of Chronic Mental Illness

Global Burden of Mental Disorders: Quality of Care and Unmet Needs for Treatment of Chronic Mental Illness

Meghamala S. Tavaragi, Sushma C.
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781522505198|ISBN10: 1522505199|EISBN13: 9781522505204
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0519-8.ch009
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Tavaragi, Meghamala S., and Sushma C. "Global Burden of Mental Disorders: Quality of Care and Unmet Needs for Treatment of Chronic Mental Illness." Chronic Mental Illness and the Changing Scope of Intervention Strategies, Diagnosis, and Treatment, edited by Barre Vijaya Prasad, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 164-186. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0519-8.ch009

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Tavaragi, M. S. & C., S. (2017). Global Burden of Mental Disorders: Quality of Care and Unmet Needs for Treatment of Chronic Mental Illness. In B. Prasad (Ed.), Chronic Mental Illness and the Changing Scope of Intervention Strategies, Diagnosis, and Treatment (pp. 164-186). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0519-8.ch009

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Tavaragi, Meghamala S., and Sushma C. "Global Burden of Mental Disorders: Quality of Care and Unmet Needs for Treatment of Chronic Mental Illness." In Chronic Mental Illness and the Changing Scope of Intervention Strategies, Diagnosis, and Treatment, edited by Barre Vijaya Prasad, 164-186. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0519-8.ch009

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Abstract

Mental disorders are an important cause of long-term disability and dependency. It accounts for over 15% of the disease burden in developed countries, which is more than the disease burden caused by all cancers. Mental illness is a leading cause of suffering, economic loss and social problems. The burden of mental disorders is likely to have been underestimated because of inadequate appreciation of the connectedness between mental illness and other health conditions. Mental disorders increase risk for communicable and non-communicable diseases, and contribute to unintentional and intentional injury, and comorbidity complicates help-seeking, diagnosis, and treatment, and influences prognosis. Consequently, health professionals have trivialized the issue of mental illness. It is essential that researchers and public health professionals work together to resolve the enormous public health crisis presented by mental disorders. In short, we must “mainstream” mental health.

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