The growing public health importance of common mental disorders. The forgotten reality of the less developed world.
Non-communicable diseases are growing rapidly and mental problems represent a large proportion of this group. Most mental health burden is to be found in the community and at primary health care. There are large disparities in prevalence rates between and within countries. Latin American countries have consistently shown higher prevalence rates than most other countries in the world.
University of Wales College of Medicine, Division of Psychological Medicine, Monmouth House, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom. arayari@cf.ac.uk
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015995:Prevalence; D011634:Public Health