Global estimates of service coverage for severe mental disorders: findings from the WHO Mental Health Atlas 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study estimated service coverage for severe mental disorders (psychosis, bipolar disorder and moderate-severe depression), globally and regionally, using data collected from the Mental Health Atlas 2017.

Methods

Service coverage was defined as the proportion of people with a disorder contacting a mental health service among those estimated to have the disorder during a 12-month period. We drew upon 12-month service utilisation data from the Mental Health Atlas 2017. Expected prevalent cases of individual disorders were estimated using the disorder-specific prevalence rate estimates of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 and total population sizes. Methods for assessing the validity of country-reported service utilisation data were developed and applied.

SUBMITTER: Jaeschke K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8320004 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature