Disability and treatment of specific mental and physical disorders across the world

Ormel, Johan; Petukhova, Maria; Chatterji, Somnath; Aguilar‐Gaxiola, Sergio; Alonso, Jordi; C. Angermeyer, Matthias; J. Bromet, Evelyn; Burger, Huibert; Demyttenaere, Koen; de Girolamo, Giovanni; María Haro, Josep; Hwang, Irving; G. Karam, Elie; Kawakami, Norito; Lépine, J.P.; Elena Medina‐Mora, María; Posada-Villa, José; A. Sampson, Nancy; M. Scott, Kate; Bedirhan Üstün, T.; Von Korff, Michael; R. Williams, David; Zhang, Mingyuan; C. Kessler, Ronald

doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.107.039107

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Disability and treatment of specific mental and physical disorders across the world

Published in The British Journal of Psychiatry • Apr 30, 2008

Authors:

Johan Ormel

Maria Petukhova

Somnath Chatterji

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Advocates of expanded mental health treatment assert that mental disorders are as disabling as physical disorders, but little evidence supports this assertion. AIMS: To establish the disability and treatment of specific mental and physical disorders in high-income and low- and middle-inc...

Subject

Mental health

Prevalence of mental disorders

Psychiatry

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