Mental health in the Americas

An overview of the treatment gap

Bibliographic Data

ID14967910
AuthorsRobert Kohn (0000-0001-8517-0719, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America., corresponding author), 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)
Year2018
Volume42
Pagese165-e165
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherPan American Health Organization (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26633/rpsp.2018.165
PMID31093193
OpenAlexW2897282326
LanguageEN
Citations received67
References cited25

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