Community Mental Health: Putting Policy Into Practice Globally

Foreword, xi

Acknowledgements, xiii

Section 1 Introduction, 1

1 Global mental health: the context, 3

2 Description of the world regions, 14

3 Overview of mental health policies worldwide, 23

Section 2 Implementation of community mental health services, 37

4 The current provision of community mental health services, 39

5 Policies, plans, and programs, 90

6 Scaling up services for whole populations, 97

7 Stigma, discrimination, and community awareness about mental illnesses, 119

8 Developing a consensus for engagement, 135

9 Human and financial resources, 140

10 Development, organization, and evaluation of services, 151

Section 3 Recommendations, 167

11 Lessons learned and recommendations for the future, 169

Appendix A Terminologies, 213

Appendix B Questions from a survey conducted with regional experts in the Africa region, 221

Appendix C Internet resources, 223

Index, 227