WORLD MENTAL-HEALTH - NEEDS AND RESOURCES

WORLD BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE need are profound-and growing rapidly. The authors, in collaboration with the United Nations, identify the natur e and scope of the global burden of disease that is attributable to be havioral healthcare conditions. These problems are linked to broader s ocial issues associated with poverty, disintegrated communities, ethni c conflict, political violence, and forced displacement Global behavio ral healthcare finding and services and strategies and policy guidelin es are proposed. The authors suggest that an exchange of knowledge and information between developing countries and the industrialized world could help address a host of mental illness on a global scale.