PSYCHIATRY IN THE THIRD-WORLD - MANAGING AND RATIONALIZING HEALTH-CARE

Psychiatry in the third world is at the early stages of understanding the nature and consequences of mental disorders. There is gradual deve lopment of organised ways of providing mental health care. The studies reviewed show both commonalities with western psychiatry and differen ces. Growing knowledge has the potential to enrich world psychiatry as we understand community resources as a potential for mental health pr ogrammes. (C) 1998 Rapid Science Ltd.