The Way Forward: Improving Mental Health Systems in Central and Eastern Europe

Richard M. Scheffler, Grayson Dimick and Ivan Duškov

Chapter 8 in Mental Health in Central and Eastern Europe:Improving Care and Reducing Stigma — Important Cases for Global Study, 2020, pp 221-232 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: In the quarter century since the fall of communist rule, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have made respectable progress in reforming their mental health care systems. However, this progress is far from complete. Mental health care in the region remains outdated and ineffective compared to international standards. Future reform is a crucial task: CEE has one of the highest proportions of disease burden due to mental and substance use disorders in the world (Krupchanka and Winkler, 2016, p. 96), among the highest rates of suicide worldwide (WHO, 2018), and extremely high—and rising—levels of alcohol consumption (Krupchanka and Winkler, 2016, p. 96)…

Keywords: Mental Health Economics; Mental Health Policy; Mental Health in Central Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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