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 ...

Data are presented on the lifetime prevalence, projected lifetime risk, and age-of-onset distributions of mental disorders in the World Health Organization (WHO)'s World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. Face-to-face community surveys were conducted in seventeen countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. The combined numbers of respondents were 85,052. Lifetime prevalence,...

WPSAR Vol 6, No 2, 2015 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.2.008 www.wpro.who.int/wpsar 1 a WPSAR Editorial Team, Division of Health Security and Emergencies, World Health Organization Regional Offi ce for the Western Pacifi c, Manila, Philippines. b Emerging Disease Surveillance and Response Unit, Division of Health Security and Emergencies, World Health Organization Regional Offi ce for the Western ...

This paper presents an overview of the World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) and a discussion of the methodological research on which the development of the instrument was based. The WMH-CIDI includes a screening module and 40 sections that focus on diagnoses (22 sections), functioning (four...

This paper explores the feasibility and usability of using computer networks, in particular the World Wide Web, as educational survey research instruments to collect students' opinions on proposed health education courseware. Also covered are the review of computer-assisted survey techniques, and the comparisons among di€erent survey methods. The development and the evaluation of a Web-based ad...

The American Mock World Health Organization (AMWHO) is a model for experiential-based learning and student engagement in global health diplomacy. AMWHO was established in 2014 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a mission to engage students in health policy by providing a simulation of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the policy-forming body of the World Health Organization ...

Background: Obesity has a growing global epidemic with several risk factors including lifestyle habits, physical activity, and prolonged screen time. This study aimed to compare the dietary habits and self-reported health behaviors in a nationally representative sample of Iranian children and adolescents. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional nationwide study was conducted in the framewor...