Why Does Mental Health Not Get the Attention It Deserves? An Application of the Shiffman and Smith Framework

Mark Tomlinson () and Crick Lund

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Abstract: More than 13% of the global burden of disease for mental disorders is due to neuro psychiatric disorders, and over 70% of this burden lies in low- and middleincome countries. Suicide is one of the leading causes of death globally for all ages. Despite this burden, mental illness has thus far not achieved commensurate visibility, policy attention, or funding, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Shiffman and Smith have developed a framework of analysis that attempts to understand why some global health initiatives are more successful in generating funding and political priority than others. [Plos Essay]. URL:[http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001178].

Keywords: Mental Health; Shittman; Smith; global health initiatives; pokitical priority; funding; low; middle income countries; global burden; neuro psychiatric disorders; suicide; ages; mental illness; maternal mortality; newborn survival; African countries; United States; mental health expenditures per capita; health budget; new born survival (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-03
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