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Disability and treatment of specific mental and physical disorders across the world

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Background: Advocates of expanded mental health treatment assert that mental disorders are as disabling as physical disorders, but little evidence supports this assertion. Aims: To establish the disability and treatment of specific mental and physical disorders in high-income and low- and middle-income countries. Method: Community epidemiological surveys were administered in 15 countries through the World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative. Results: Respondents in both high-income and low- and middle-income countries attributed higher disability to mental disorders than to the commonly occurring physical disorders included in the surveys. This pattern held for all disorders and also for treated disorders. Disaggregation showed that the higher disability of mental than physical disorders was limited to disability in social and personal role functioning, whereas disability in productive role functioning was generally comparable for mental and physical disorders. Conclusions: Despite often higher disability, mental disorders are under-treated compared with physical disorders in both high-income and in low- and middle-income countries.

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Authors
Ormel, J., Petukhova, M., Chatterji, S., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M. C., Bromet, E. J., Burger, H., Demyttenaere, K., de Girolamo, G., Haro, J. M., Hwang, I., Karam, E., Kawakami, N., Lépine, J. P., Medina-Mora, M. E., Posada-Villa, J., Sampson, N., Scott, K., Üstün, T. B., Von Korff, M., Williams, D. R., Zhang, M., & Kessler, R. C.
Affiliations
  • University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • World Health Organization (CH)
  • Leipzig University (DE)
  • Stony Brook University (US)
  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven (BE)
  • Saint George Hospital (LB)
  • The University of Tokyo (JP)
  • Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca (CO)
  • University of Otago (NZ)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Shanghai Mental Health Center (CN)
Corresponding author
Kessler, Ronald C.
Venue
British Journal of Psychiatry
Published
2008-05
Volume
192
Issue
5
Pages
368-375
ISSN
  • 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-1465
OpenAlex
W2171668194
Cited by
389
References
40
Citations by year
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FWCI
34.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (044780, Grant 044780)
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (R01 DA016558, R13-MH066849)
  • John W. Alden Trust (R01-MH069864, R01-MH070884, R13-MH066849)
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Pfizer
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • World Health Organization
  • University of Michigan
  • European Commission (1999-01042, QLG5–1999-01042, SANCO2004123, 2004123)
  • Generalitat de Catalunya (01042)
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (H16-KOKORO-013, H14-TOKUBETSU-026, H13-SHOGAI-023)
  • Regione Piemonte (00/0028)
  • National Institutes of Health (5r13mh066849-04, 5r01mh069864-04, 5r01mh070884-05)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • U.S. Public Health Service (R01 069864, HHSN 271200700030C)
  • Pfizer Foundation (R01‐MH069864, R01-DA016558, R13-MH066849)
  • Pan American Health Organization
  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FIS 00/0028)
  • Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R13-MH-066849, R0 1-MH61905, R01‐MH070884, MH61905, U01-MH-60220, R01MH061905, R01MH059575, MH60220, MH070884, HHSN271200700030C, MH069864, U13MH066849, MH066849, U01MH060220, R01‐MH069864)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (K05DA015799, R01DA016558, U01-MH60220)
  • Fogarty International Center (FIRCA R01-TW006481, R01-TW006481, R03 TW0006481, R03TW006481)
  • Cilag
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
Keywords
disability, mental illness, physical disorders, psychotherapy, undertreatment, role functioning, social functioning, low- and middle-income countries, high-income countries, World Mental Health Survey Initiative
MeSH terms
Activities of Daily Living, Mental Disorders, Chronic Disease, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Epidemiologic Methods, Health Services Accessibility, Health Status, Humans, Global Health, Cost of Illness

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