Mental Health Act reform must include carers

Malpractice reform must include steps to prevent medical injury.

In the current malpractice insurance crisis, physicians have focused their advocacy and energy primarily on rapidly increasing liability premiums; problems in access to care; and demands for legal reform, especially caps on damages. An even more important focus, however, is prevention of injury and improvement of patient safety. Physicians largely control patient care and can play a critical ro...

Child health must include injury prevention.

Universal health coverage must include older people

Peruvian Mental Health Reform: A Framework for Scaling-up Mental Health Services

Background Mental, neurological, and substance (MNS) use disorders are a leading cause of disability worldwide; specifically in Peru, MNS affect 1 in 5 persons. However, the great majority of people suffering from these disorders do not access care, thereby making necessary the improvement of existing conditions including a major rearranging of current health system structures beyond care deliv...

Mental handicap and the mental health act.