First, We Need To Talk: Mental Healthcare In The MENA Region
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) face daunting challenges in managing a growing burden of mental illness, often in adverse conditions that can leave their imprint on generations to come.While the burden of mental-health conditions is above the global average in most MENA countries, the human resources, policies, funding and infrastructure to deal with these problems are sorely lacking.According to a recent study led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), mental disorders excluding substance abuse accounted for 4.7% of all disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in the World Health Organization ’s (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) in 2015, making them the ninth leading cause of disease burden.That is below the average 9.3% of DALYs attributed to mental-health conditions in the Asia Pacific region. Moreover, WHO data indicate that neuropsychiatric disorders are responsible for 15.2% of all DALYs in Europe .The much larger burden in Europe, nonetheless, in particular reflects not only better visibility and understanding of mental disorders but lower levels of stigmatization and easier access to healthcare services where mental illness can be diagnosed, treated and recorded.The general lack of data on mental-health conditions in EMR countries, as well as the reluctance of many EMR citizens to present with such conditions for fear of social ostracism, mean estimates of prevalence and incidence across the region are likely to be substantially unde...
Source: EyeForPharma - Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Marc Yates Source Type: news
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