Title: 
Headings: 
EXECUTIVE
 
BOARD
  

EB130/9

Global
 
burden
 
of
 
mental
 
disorders
 
and
 
the
 
need
 
for
  
a
 
comprehensive,
 
coordinated
 
response
 
from
  
health
 
and
 
social
 
sectors
 
at
 
the
 
country
 
level
 

Report
 
by
 
the
 
Secretariat
 

EFFECTIVE
 
STRATEGIES
 
WITHIN
 
HEALTH
 
AND
 
SOCIAL
 
SECTORS
 

ACTIVITIES
 
OF
 
THE
 
SECRETARIAT
 

Advocacy
 

Information
 
and
 
surveillance
 

Policy,
 
law
 
and
 
human
 
rights
 

Service
 
development
 

Mental
 
health
 
and
 
psychosocial
 
support
 
in
 
humanitarian
 
emergencies
 

ACTION
 
BY
 
THE
 
EXECUTIVE
 
BOARD
 


Content: Rates
 
of
 
mental
 
illness
 
among
 
the
 
homeless
 
can
 
be
 
greater
 
than
 
50%
 
and
 
studies
 
reveal
 
that
 
more
 
than
 
one
 
third
 
of
 
the
 
prison
 
population
 
have
 
mental
 
health
 
conditions. People
 
with
 
mental
 
health
 
conditions
 
often
 
lack
 
educational
 
and
 
income-generation
 
opportunities,
 
limiting
 
their
 
chances
 
of
 
economic
 
development
 
and
 
depriving
 
them
 
of
 
social
 
networks
 
and
 
status
 
within
 
a
 
community. For
 
example,
 
of
 
all
 
disabilities,
 
severe
 
mental
 
illness
 
is
 
associated
 
with
 
the
 
highest
 
rates
 
of
 
unemployment: up
 
to
 
90%. People
 
with
 
mental
 
health
 
conditions
 
often
 
have
 
their
 
human
 
rights
 
violated. In
 
addition
 
to
 
restrictions
 
on
 
the
 
right
 
to
 
work
 
and
 
to
 
education
 
they
 
may
 
also
 
be
 
subject
 
to
 
unhygienic
 
and
 
inhuman
 
living
 
conditions,
 
physical
 
and
 
sexual
 
abuse,
 
neglect,
 
and
 
harmful
 
and
 
degrading
 
treatment
 
practices
 
in
 
health
 
facilities. They
 
are
 
often
 
denied
 
civil
 
and
 
political
 
rights
 
(such
 
as
 
the
 
right
 
to
 
marry
 
and
 
found
 
a
 
family),
 
rights
 
of
 
citizenship,
 
and
 
the
 
right
 
to
 
vote
 
and
 
to
 
participate
 
effectively
 
and
 
fully
 
in
 
the
 
conduct
 
of
 
public
 
life. Mental
 
health
 
conditions
 
frequently
 
lead
 
individuals
 
and
 
families
 
into
 
poverty
 
and
 
hinder
 
economic
 
development
 
at
 
the
 
national
 
level. A
 
recent
 
analysis
 
estimated
 
that
 
the
 
cumulative
 
global
 
impact
 
of
 
mental
 
disorders
 
in
 
terms
 
of
 
lost
 
economic
 
output
 
will
 
amount
 
to
 
US$
 
16
 
000
 
billion
 
over
 
the
 
next
 
20
 
years.1
 


 
WHO’s
 
Mental
 
health
 
atlas
 
20112
 
provides
 
data
 
that
 
demonstrate
 
the
 
scarcity
 
within
 
countries
 
of
 
resources,
 
particularly
 
financial
 
and
 
human
 
resources,
 
to
 
meet
 
mental
 
health
 
needs. It
 
also
 
underlines
 
the
 
inequitable
 
distribution
 
and
 
inefficient
 
uses
 
of
 
such
 
resources.