@article{1440808,
      recid = {1440808},
      author = {Okpaku, Samuel O.,},
      title = {Innovations in global mental health /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource (1597 pages)},
      year = {2021},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {Over the course of the last decade, political and mental  entities at large have embraced global mental health: the  idea that psychiatric health is vital to improved quality  of life. Physicians globally have implemented guidelines  recommended by the National Institute of Mental Health  (NIMH) in 2007, thereby breaking down barriers to care and  improving quality of life in areas where these practices  have been implemented. Programs for training and education  have expanded as a result. Clinicians benefit more from  both local resources in some regions as well as in  international collaboration and technological advancements.  Even amidst all of these positive outcomes, clinicians  still face some stumbling blocks. With worldwide statistics  estimating that 450 million people struggle with mental,  neuropsychiatric, and neurological disorders25 percent of  the worlds non-communicable disease burdenrising to these  challenges prove to be no small feat, even in wealthy  Western nations. Various articles and books have been  published on global mental health, but few of them  thoroughly cover the clinical, research, innovative, and  social implications as they pertain to psychiatry; often,  only one of these aspects is covered. A comprehensive text  that can keep pace with the rapidly evolving literature  grows more and more valuable each day as clinicians  struggle to piece together the changes around the world  that leave open the possibility for improved outcomes in  care. This book seeks to boldly rectify this situation by  identifying innovative models of service delivery,  training, education, research funding, and payment systems  that have proven to be exemplary in implementation and  scalability or have potential for scalability. Chapters  describe specific barriers and challenges, illuminating  effective strategies for improved outcomes. This text is  the first peer-reviewed resource to gather prestigious  physicians in global mental health from around the world  and disseminate their expertise in the medical community at  large in a format that is updateable, making it a truly  cutting-edge resource in a world constantly changed by  medical, scientific, and technological advances.  Innovations in Global Mental Health is the ultimate  resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, primary care  physicians, hospitalists, policy makers, and all medical  professionals at the forefront of global mental health and  its implications for the future.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1440808},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57296-9},
}