The Burden of Mental Disorders - 9781107019287

Alonso (public health, Pompeu Fabra U., Spain), Chatterji, and He draw on findings of the World Health Organization (WHO) Mental Health surveys, a long-term study of about 121,000 people from 24 countries, to illustrate the individual and societal-level effects of mental disorders on educational attainment, marital stability and violence, absenteeism, earnings and household income, chronic physical conditions, the family, disability, and worsened perceived health. Specialists in psychiatry, epidemiology, public health, health care policy, and other areas from around the world present 19 chapters that outline these burdens, along with the approach and methods of the World Mental Health surveys, which uses the WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview version 3.0. In addition, they discuss the effects of parent psychopathology on offspring mental disorders; the similarities, differences, and complementarity of the data with the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study; and implications for mental health research, practice, and policy. The book is aimed at policy makers, epidemiologists, clinicians, administrators, service managers, and economists. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)