Mental health in the Americas

An overview of the treatment gap

Datos Bibliográficos

ID14967910
AutoresRobert Kohn (0000-0001-8517-0719, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America., autor de correspondencia), Ali Ahsan Ali (Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York, New York, United States.), Victor Puac-Polanco (Columbia University), Victor Puac‐Polanco (0000-0002-6024-6542, Brown University), Chantal Figueroa (Colorado College), Victor López-Soto (Independent Researcher, Guatemala City, Guatemala.), Kristen Morgan (Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.), Kristen E Morgan (0000-0001-8446-2883, Brown University), Sandra Saldivia (0000-0002-7594-7069, University of Concepción), Benjamin Vicente (0000-0001-8903-6170, University of Concepción)
Año2018
Volumen42
Páginase165-e165
Fecha de publicación2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
EditorialPan American Health Organization (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26633/rpsp.2018.165
PMID31093193
OpenAlexW2897282326
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas67
Referencias citadas25

The treatment gap for mental health remains a public health concern. A high proportion of adults, children, and indigenous individuals with serious mental illness remains untreated. The result is an elevated prevalence of mental disorders and global burden of disease

Burden of disease · Disease burden · Environmental health · Global mental health · Indigenous · Latin Americans · Mental health · Mental illness · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Public health · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Demography · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Gerontology