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World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries
World Mental Health Problems and Priorities in LowIncome Countries Author:Leon Eisenberg, Byron Good, Arthur Kleinman, Robert Desjarlais 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, c... more »ulturally 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.« less