Mental and Neurological Public Health. a Global Perspective

Key Features

•  Highlights the common features of many mental and neurological disorders
•  Provides insights into potential ''cross-over'' methods of identification and treatment
•  Includes chapters on the most frequently diagnosed mental and neurological challenges faced by public health systems

Description

Colin Mathers who leads the Global Burden of Disease group in WHO has confirmed that, in the 2004 GBD, 13.1% of global Daily Adjusted Life Years are attributable to mental or neurological disorders. While the proportions vary very widely from about 10% in low income countries to over 25% in high income countries, it is clear that there is a need for understanding how to address this issue.

This volume aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the public health principles of mental and neurological disorders. This vast range of health conditions affects people across the life course, from developmental disabilities in childhood, to schizophrenia and substance abuse in adults, and dementia in old age. Despite this diversity, they all share many features: they are mostly mediated through brain dysfunction or abnormalities, are often chronic in course, typically benefit from multi-component interventions, and are amongst the most neglected conditions in global health. The volume will bring together chapters from the Psychiatry, Neurology, Substance Abuse and Child Development sections of the Encyclopedia of Public Health. The volume will be the first comprehensive text on a public health approach to this diverse group of health conditions and has no obvious competitor.

Readership

The target market includes students and practitioners of courses and programs focused on public health aspects of mental and neurological disorders from three key perspectives – public health, psychology and neuroscience.

Table of Contents

• Alcohol Consumption: Overview of International Trends, Pages 98-108, M.G. Monteiro, J. Rehm, B. Taylor, T. Stockwel
• Alcohol, Integrated Control of, Pages 108-112, S. Casswell
• Alcohol, The Burden of Disease of, Pages 135-151, J. Rehm, J. Patra, D. Baliunas, S. Popova, M. Roerecke, B. Taylor
• Alcohol—Socioeconomic Impacts (Including Externalities), Pages 112-116, B. Easton
• Alcohol—Treatment, Pages 116-124, T.F. Babor
• Blindness, Pages 318-324, S. Resnikoff, R. Pararajasegaram
• Brain Tumours, Pages 338-347, R. McKean-Cowdin, P. Razavi, S. Preston-Martin
  
• Cerebrovascular Disease, Pages 556-571, V. Feigin, G. Donnan
• Child Abuse/Treatment, Pages 571-583, A.P. Giardino
• Child Soldiers, Pages 612-616, J. Pearn
• Child Witness to Violence, Pages 616-620, M. Augustyn, B. Zuckerman
• Classification of Mental Disorders: Principles and Concepts, Pages 733-740, T.B. Üstün
• Cognitive Disorders,, Pages 759-765, L.D. Ravdin
• Disability and Rehabilitation, Pages 199-203, N.E. Groce
• Drugs, Illicit – Primary Prevention Strategies, Pages 249-265, F. Faggiano, F. Vigna-Taglianti
• Effective Alcohol Policy, Pages 303-309, H.D. Holder
• Elder Abuse, Pages 310-315, L.S. Daichman, S. Aguas, C. Spencer
• Head Trauma, Pages 122-133, J. Knopman, R. Härtl
• Health Behavior and Risk Factors, Pages 146-152, K. Glanz, J.E. Stryker
• Health-Related Stigma and Discrimination, Pages 269-272, R.L. Barrett
• Hearing Disorders, Pages 273-281, R. Burkard
• HIV/AIDS of the Central Nervous System, Pages 430-445, S.S. Spudich
• Illicit Drug Trends Globally, Pages 515-523, P. Griffiths, M. Meacham, R. McKetin
• Illicit Drug Use and the Burden of Disease, Pages 523-530, W. Hall, L. Degenhardt, N. Sindicich
• Measurement of Psychiatric and Psychological Disorders and Outcomes in Populations, Pages 261-272, T.S. Brugha, H. Meltzer
• Meningitis, Bacterial,, Pages 330-334, D. van de Beek, J. de Gans
• Mental Health and Physical Health (Including HIV/AIDS), Pages 354-364, A. Kagee, M. Freeman
• Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Pages 365-374, B. Saraceno, M. Funk, V. Poznyak
• Mental Health Epidemiology (Psychiatric Epidemiology), Pages 374-384, G.S. Norquist, K. Magruder
• Mental Health Etiology: Biological and Genetic Determinants, Pages 343-350, S.J. Glatt, S.V. Faraone, M.T. Tsuan
• Mental Health Etiology: Social Determinants, Pages 350-353, A. Cohen, H. Minas
• Mental Health Policy, Pages 393-406, R. Jenkins
• Mental Health Promotion, Pages 406-418, H. Herrman, R. Moodie, S. Saxena
• Mental Health Resources and Services, Pages 418-430, S. Saxena, P. Sharan
• Mental Health, Morbidity and Impact, Pages 384-393, O. Gureje, B. Oladeji
• Mental Illness, Historical Views of, Pages 431-434, D. Pilgrim
• Metabolic Myopathies, Pages 450-457, M. Tarnopolsky
• Migraine, Pages 458-462, A. May
• Multiple Sclerosis, Pages 470-482, C.M. Poser
• Muscular Dystrophies, Pages 486-496, M. Astejada, M.C. Malicdan, I. Nishino
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Pages 512-521, E. Klimkeit, N. Rinehart, J. Bradshaw
• Parkinson's Disease, Pages 10-17, A.D. Korczyn
• Rabies, Pages 463-470, H. Wilde, S. Wacharapluesadee, T. Hemachudha, V. Tepsumethanon
• Seizure Disorders, Pages 674-680, S.C. Schachter
• Socio-Cultural Context of Substance Use/Abuse (Alcohol/Drugs/Tobacco), Pages 119-128, D.B. Heath
• Specific Mental Health Disorders: Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders, Pages 147-154, A.J. Flisher, S. Hatherill, Y. Dhansay
• Specific Mental Health Disorders: Depressive and Anxiety Disorders, Pages 154-169, I.B. Hickie
• Specific Mental Health Disorders: Eating Disorders, Pages 169-174, S.S. Delinsky, J. Derenne, A.E. Becker
• Specific Mental Health Disorders: Mental Disorders Associated with Aging, Pages 174-182, I. Skoog
• Specific Mental Health Disorders: Personality Disorders, Pages 182-187, M.J. Crawford
• Specific Mental Health Disorders: Psychotic Disorders, Pages 187-196, R. Thara, M. Taj, S. Tirupati
• Specific Mental Health Disorders: Trauma and Mental Disorders, Pages 196-201, D. Silove, A. Nickerson, R.A. Bryant
• Stigma of Mental Illness, Pages 219-230, L.H. Yang, S.H. Cho, A. Kleinman
• Stress and (Public) Health, Pages 241-250, U. Lundberg
• Suicide and Self-Directed Violence, Pages 267-275, D. De Leo, K. Krysinska
• The Alcohol Industry, Pages 124-135, L. Hill
• The Control and Regulation of Currently Illegal Drugs, Pages 7-16, J.A. Buxton, M. Haden, R.G. Mathias
• The Regulation of Drugs and Drug Use: Public Health and Law Enforcement, Pages 501-505, C.L. Fry, S. Cvetkovski
• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Pages 358-364, E.D. Belay
• Women's Mental Health, Pages 608-617, P.S. Chandra, V.N.G.P. Raghunandan, V.A.S. Krishna
• Young People and Violence, Pages 675-684, I. Wagman Borowsky, R. Widome, M.D. Resnick

Author Information

Edited by Vikram Patel, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Sangath Centre; Alistair Woodward, University of Auckland; Valery Feigin, Auckland University of Technology; Stella R. Quah, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore and Kristian Heggenhougen, University of Bergen