Patterns of care and dropout rates from outpatient mental healthcare in low-, middle- and high-income countries from the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative

Drop out from out-patient mental healthcare in the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey initiative.

BACKGROUND Previous community surveys of the drop out from mental health treatment have been carried out only in the USA and Canada. AIMS To explore mental health treatment drop out in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. METHOD Representative face-to-face household surveys were conducted among adults in 24 countries. People who reported mental health treatment in the ...

The World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative.

To present an overview of the World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative. The discussion draws on knowledge gleaned from the authors' participation as principals in WMH. WMH has carried out community epidemiological surveys in more than two dozen countries with more than 200,000 completed interviews. Additional surveys are in progress. Clinical reappraisal studies emb...

Mental health research publications from low- and middle-income countries

Social Determinants of Smoking in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Results from the World Health Survey

INTRODUCTION Tobacco smoking is a leading cause of premature death and disability, and over 80% of the world's smokers live in low- or middle-income countries. The objective of this study is to assess demographic and socioeconomic determinants of current smoking in low- and middle-income countries. METHODS We used data, from the World Health Survey in 48 low-income and middle-income countries...

Mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries.

Despite the publication of high-profile reports and promising activities in several countries, progress in mental health service development has been slow in most low-income and middle-income countries. We reviewed barriers to mental health service development through a qualitative survey of international mental health experts and leaders. Barriers include the prevailing public-health priority ...