A Guide to Global Mental Health Practice: Seeing the Unseen [Paperback]

Foreword  Introduction  Part 1: Organizing for Global Mental Health  1. Epidemiology  2. Human Resources  3. Non-Human Resources  4. Socio-economic Conditions  Part 2: Clinical Interventions  5. Pharmacology  6. Psychotherapy  7. Complementary and Alternative Medicine  Part 3: Unique Practice Populations  8. Children  9. Disasters  10. Displaced ('Placed') People  11. Rural Psychiatry  Part 4: Special Issues  12. Psychiatric Abuses and Neglect  13. Stigma  14. The Practice of Global Mental Health  15. The Experience of Global Mental Health  16. Appendix

Drawing on the authors experience in developing and implementing global mental health programs in crisis and development settings, A Guide to Global Mental Health Practice is designed for mental health professionals new to this emerging area.

Drawing on the authors experience in developing and implementing global mental health programs in crisis and development settings, A Guide to Global Mental Health Practice: Seeing the Unseen is designed for mental health, public health, and primary care professionals new to this emerging area.

The guide is organized topically and divided into four sections that move from organizing and delivering global mental health services to clinical practice, and from various settings and populations likely to be encountered to special issueslc5