Republished: Addressing the burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition

The burden of mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders increased by 41% between 1990 and 2010 and now accounts for one in every 10 lost years of health globally. This sobering statistic does not take into account the substantial excess mortality associated with these disorders or the...

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Main Authors: Vikram Patel, Dan Chisholm, Rachana Parikh, Fiona J Charlson, Louisa Degenhardt, Tarun Dua, Alize J Ferrari, Steve Hyman, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Carol Levin, Crick Lund, María Elena Medina Mora, Inge Petersen, James Scott, Rahul Shidhaye, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Graham Thornicroft, Harvey Whiteford, on behalf of the DCP MNS Author Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2016;volume=32;issue=3;spage=196;epage=212;aulast=Patel