title: Situational analysis: preliminary regional review of the Mental Health Atlas 2014.
abstract: The WHO comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 established goals and objectives that Member States have agreed to meet by 2020. To update the Atlas of Mental Health 2011, specific indicators from the Mental Health Action Plan and additional indicators on service coverage were incorporated into the questionnaire for the Atlas 2014. The data will help facilitate improvement in information gathering and focus efforts towards implementation of the Mental Health Action Plan. The questionnaire was completed by the national mental health focal point of each country. This preliminary review seeks to consolidate data from the initial response to the Atlas 2014 questionnaire by Member States in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Data for this review were analysed for the whole Region, by health systems groupings and by individual countries. Where possible, data are compared with the Mental Health Atlas 2011 to give a longitudinal perspective.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gater
authors.affiliation: Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saeed
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D015397:Program Evaluation; D058996:Quality Improvement; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014944:World Health Organization