Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope

By separating mental health care from physical health care--and often separating those who have mental illness from society--the health care profession has reinforced stigma, making successful treatment much harder. Every country can and should begin now to improve its efforts to treat people with m...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2001-11, Vol.286 (19), p.2391-2391
Main Author: Gro Harlem Brundtland
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Health care policy
International
Mental disorders
Mental health care
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Summary:By separating mental health care from physical health care--and often separating those who have mental illness from society--the health care profession has reinforced stigma, making successful treatment much harder. Every country can and should begin now to improve its efforts to treat people with mental illness.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.286.19.2391