The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: Global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders

Cambridge University Press, 11/6/2008
EAN 9780521884198, ISBN10: 0521884195

Hardcover, 600 pages, 25.3 x 17.7 x 3.3 cm
Language: English

Mental disorders have profound social, cultural, and economic effects throughout the world. Although most psychiatry and psychology texts provide some basic data on the prevalence and treatment of mental disorders, no previous book ever presented such data with the breadth or depth of the current volume. Reported here are the first results of the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative, a highly ambitious series of cross-national psychiatric epidemiological surveys. The general population surveys in the WMH series span 17 countries in all parts of the world. In many of these countries the WMH surveys provide the first community epidemiological data ever available on mental disorders in the population. The detailed information on lifetime prevalence, age of onset, course, correlates, and treatment of mental disorders in this volume provides mental health professionals and healthcare policy planners with an unprecedented reference on the cross-national descriptive epidemiology of mental disorders.

Acknowledgements
Contributors
Part I. Methods
1. Introduction
2. Sample designs and sampling procedures
3. Implementation of the World Mental Health Surveys
4. The World Health Organization composite international diagnostic interview
5. Translation procedures and translation assessment in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative
6. Concordance of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0) with standardized clinical assessments in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Part II. Country Specific Chapters
WHO Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO)
7. Mental disorders in Colombia
results from the World Mental Health Survey
8. The Mexican National Comorbidity Survey (M-NCS)
overview and results
9. The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R)
cornerstone in improving mental health and mental health care in the United States
WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO)
10. Mental disorders among adult Nigerians
risks, prevalence, and treatment
11. The South African Stress and Health Survey (SASH)
a foundation for improving mental health care in South Africa
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO)
12. Mental disorders and war in Lebanon
WHO Regional Office for Europe (EURO)
13. Mental health in Belgium
current situation and future perspectives
14. The prevalence of mental disorders and services use in France
results from a national survey 2001–2
15. Prevalence and treatment of mental disorders in Germany
results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) survey
16. The prevalence of mental disorders and service use in Israel
results from the national health survey 2003–4
17. The prevalence of mental disorders and service use in Italy
results from the national health survey 2001–3
18. Mental disorders and service use in the Netherlands
results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD)
19. The epidemiology of mental disorders in the general population of Spain
20. The state of mental health and alcoholism in Ukraine
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO)
21. Mental disorders and service use in China
22. Twelve-month prevalence, severity and treatment of common mental disorders in communities in Japan
the World Mental Health Japan 2003–4 Survey
23. Te Rau Hinengaro
the New Zealand Mental Health Survey
Part III. Cross-National Comparisons
24. Lifetime prevalence and age of onset distributions of mental disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative
25. Delay and failure in treatment seeking after first onset of mental disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative
26. Prevalence and severity of mental disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative
27. Recent treatment of mental disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative
Part IV. Conclusions
28. Overview and future directions for the World Mental Health Survey Initiative
Index.

"The largest coordinated series of cross-national psychiatric epidemiological surveys ever conducted...The methods are detailed and presented lucidly and engagingly. Results and comparisons chapters illuminate these empirical data with plenty of tables and figures displaying patterns and correlates of prevalence and treatment from the cross-sectional surveys conducted in this cross-national naturalistic initiative...This book definitely belongs in academic medical center/university libraries, and is a highly recommended addition for the personal libraries of anyone interested in understanding the global burden of mental disorders and the underpinnings of its societal impact." --Doody's Review Service