Unmet need in psychiatry : problems, resources, responses / edited by Gavin Andrews and Scott Henderson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andrews, Gavin, editor.

Henderson, Scott, 1935- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health services--Utilization--Congresses.

Mental health services.

Medical care--Needs assessment--Congresses.

Medical care.

Psychiatric epidemiology--Congresses.

Psychiatric epidemiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 444 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book considers ways to resolve the imbalance between the demand and supply of mental health services. Treatment services in most countries reach only a minority of people identified as suffering from a mental disorder. Few countries can provide adequate health services for all the mentally ill, yet none has developed a rational system to decide who should be treated. The questions are clear. Could we develop a staged treatment process to reach all in need? If not, how do we decide who to treat? What should the criteria be for deployment of scarce treatment resources? How do we determine such criteria? What are the ethical implications of applying such criteria? In this pioneering work, an international team of eminent psychiatrists, epidemiologists, health administrators, economists and health planners examine these questions. The result will inform and encourage all concerned with the equitable provision of mental health care.

Contents:

Unmet need: defining the problem

Assessing needs for psychiatric services / Norman Sartorius

Unmet need: a challenge for governments / Harvey Whiteford

Meeting the unmet need with disease management / Gavin Andrews

Unmet need: general problems and solutions

Introduction / Gavin Andrews

The epidemiology of mental disorder treatment need: community estimates of 'medical necessity' / Darrel A. Regier, William E. Narrow, Agnes Rupp, Donald S. Rae, Charles T. Kaelber

Some considerations in making resource allocation decisions for the treatment of psychiatric disorders / Ronald C. Kessler

The need for psychiatric treatment in the general population / Paul Bebbington

Comparing data on mental health service use between countries / Margarita Alegria, Ronald C. Kessler, Rob Bijl, Elizabeth Lin, Steven G. Heeringa, David T. Takeuchi, Bodhan Kolody

The challenges of meeting the unmet need for treatment: economic perspectives / Agnes Rupp, Helen Lapsley

Unmet need for prevention / Beverley Raphael

Meeting unmet needs: can evidence-based approaches help? / Harold Alan Pincus, Deborah A. Zarin

Unmet need for management of mental disorders in primary care / T. Bedirhan Ustun

Is complementary medicine filling needs that could be met by orthodox medicine? / John E. Cooper

Unmet need: people with specific disorders

The unmet needs of people suffering from schizophrenia / Graham Thornicroft, Sonia Johnson, Morven Leese, Mike Slade.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11849-2

1-280-15897-2

9786610158973

0-511-11815-5

0-511-02018-X

0-511-15519-0

0-511-32868-0

0-511-54356-5

0-511-04895-5

OCLC:

475916118