Mental health and development [[electronic resource] ] : targeting people with mental health conditions as a vulnerable group

• Pubblicazione: Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (106 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.97/92
• Soggetto topico: Mental health; People with mental disabilities; Developmentally disabled
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Executive summary; 1. Introduction; 2. People with mental health conditions comprise a vulnerable group; 3. Other vulnerable groups have high rates of mental health conditions; 4. Improving development outcomes: principles and actions; 5. All development stakeholders have important roles to play; Conclusion; References
• Sommario/riassunto: People with mental health conditions have been excluded from the development agenda despite being a marginalized and vulnerable group in countries all over the world. This report highlights the urgent need to redress this situation. It presents compelling evidence that people with mental health conditions meet major criteria for vulnerability and yet fall through the cracks of development aid and government attention. It makes the case for reaching out to this vulnerable group through the design and implementation of appropriate policies and programs and through the inclusion of mental health
• Titolo autorizzato: Mental health and development
• ISBN: 1-282-89744-6; 9786612897443; 92-4-068564-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459395303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II