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1 online resource (xxi, 434 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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 disorders. The negative attitudes, prejudice, and stigma that often surround many of these disorders have contributed to this neglect. Lacking proper diagnosis and treatment, millions of individual lives are lost to disability and death. Such conditions exact both personal and economic costs on families, communities, and nations. The report describes the causes and risk factors associated with brain disorders. It focuses on six representative brain disorders that are prevalent in developing countries: developmental disabilities, epilepsy, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and stroke. The report makes detailed recommendations of ways to reduce the toll exacted by these six disorders. In broader strokes, the report also proposes six major strategies toward reducing the overall burden of brain disorders in the developing world. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mental health services -- Developing countries.
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Mental health services. |
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Developing countries. |
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Neurobehavioral disorders -- Developing countries.
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Neurobehavioral disorders. |
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Nervous system -- Diseases -- Developing countries.
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Nervous system -- Diseases. |
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Nervous System Diseases. |
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Developing Countries. |
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Developmental Disabilities. |
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Mental Disorders. |
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Mental Health Services. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Nervous System Disorders in Developing Countries. Neurological, psychiatric, and developmental disorders. Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 2001 0309071925 (DLC) 2001090472 (OCoLC)47259663 |
| ISBN |
0309570085 (electronic book) |
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9780309570084 (electronic book) |
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0309071925 (paperback) |
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9780309071925 (paperback) |
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