Jerome T. Galea

Socios en Salud, Lima, Peru | Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

[ 1 ] - 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...