World Mental Health Casebook: Social and Mental Health Programs in Low-Income Countries / Edition 1

by Alex Cohen, Arthur Kleinman, Benedetto Saraceno

Overview

Using real cases based in the South Pacific, Asia, South and Latin America and Europe, this volume sets out examples of community-based interventions that have succeeded by implementing outreach to the families and community to identify those in need, reliable and adequate drug supplies, treatment interventions, healthy psychosocial environments. This book will interest mental health professionals, international public health workers, global program administrators, and clinicians and healthcare workers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306467325
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	04/30/2002
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; A. Cohen, A. Kleinman. Introduction; A. Cohen, et al. 1. Rehabilitation of Schizophrenia Patients in China: The Shanghai Model; D. Chang, et al. 2. Enhancing Adherence: The Role of Group Psychotherapy in the Treatment of MDR-TB in Urban Peru; A. Sweetland, et al. 3. Mental Health Promoter Training with Guatemalan Refugee Women in Mexico City and the Camps of Southern Mexico; D.L. Billings, I. Sáenz. 4. Mental Health Services in Primary Care: The Case of Nepal; S. Acland. 5. ‘Our Lives Were Covered in Darkness': The Work of the National Literacy Mission in Northern India; A. Cohen. 6. The Risk of Freedom: Mental Health Services in Trieste; A. Cohen, B. Saraceno. 7. Indigenous Models for Attenuation of Postpartum Depression: Case Studies from Fiji and Hong Kong; A.E. Becker, D.T.S. Lee. About the Contributors. Index

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"This book is … on mental health from a global perspective. … the book provides a welcome break from the mainstream psychiatric literature in its effort to document mental health issues relevant to the vast majority of the world’s population living in low- and middle-income countries. … I enjoyed reading this book … . I recommend this book to anyone interested in the evaluation of mental health-care programs in developing countries." (Vikram Patel, Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 41 (2), June, 2004)

From the Publisher

Focusing on the condition of mental health services in developing countries, this book presents examples of community-based efforts which have successfully identified those in need of service, maintained adequate and reliable drug supplies, implemented treatment interventions, and promoted healthy psychosocial environments. Chapters consider programs in China, Peru, Mexico, Nepal, India, Trieste, Fiji, and Hong Kong. Contributors include psychiatrists, psychologists, anthropologists, doctors, nurses, and social workers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)