Neurological, psychiatric, and developmental disorders : meeting the challenge in the developing world /

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Brain disorders neurological, psychiatric, and developmental now affect at least 250 million people in the developing world, and this number is expected to rise as life expectancy increases. Yet public and private health systems in developing countries have paid relatively little attention to brain...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Nervous System Disorders in Developing Countries
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Mental health services > Developing countries.
Neurobehavioral disorders > Developing countries.
Nervous system > Diseases > Developing countries.
Nervous system > Diseases.
Mental illness.
Mental health services.
Nervous System Diseases
Developing Countries
Developmental Disabilities
Mental Disorders
Mental Health Services
Services de santé mentale > Pays en voie de développement.
Troubles neurocognitifs > Pays en voie de développement.
Système nerveux > Maladies > Pays en voie de développement.
Système nerveux > Maladies.
Maladies mentales.
Services de santé mentale.
mental disorders.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Nervous System (incl. Brain)
Mental illness
Mental health services
Nervous system > Diseases
Neurobehavioral disorders
Zenuwstelselaandoeningen.
Psychiatrie.
Ontwikkelingsstoornissen.
Ontwikkelingslanden.
Developing countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Executive summary
  • Introduction
  • The magnitude of the problem
  • Integrating care of brain disorders into health care systems
  • Findings and future strategies
  • Developmental disabilities
  • Epilepsy
  • Schizophrenia
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Depression
  • Stroke
  • Epilogue.

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