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The mental health workforce gap in low- and middle-income countries: a needs-based approach

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Bruckner, Tim A, Scheffler, Richard M, Shen, Gordon, Yoon, Jangho, Chisholm, Dan, Morris, Jodi, Fulton, Brent D, Dal Poz, Mario R, Saxena, Shekhar·2011·Bulletin of the World Health Organization
DOI 10.2471/blt.10.082784PMC PMC3044251
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the shortage of mental health professionals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). METHODS: We used data from the World Health Organization's Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS) from 58 LMICs, country-specific information on the burden of various mental disorders and a hypothetical core service delivery package to estimate how many psychiatrists, nurses and psychosocial care providers would be needed to provide mental health care to the total population of the countries studied. We focused on the following eight problems, to which WHO has attached priority: depression, schizophrenia, psychoses other than schizophrenia, suicide, epilepsy, dementia, disorders related to the use of alcohol and illicit drugs, and paediatric mental disorders. FINDINGS: All low-income countries and 59% of the middle-income countries in our sample were found to have far fewer professionals than they need to deliver a core set of mental health interventions. The 58 LMICs sampled would need to increase their total mental health workforce by 239,000 full-time equivalent professionals to address the current shortage. CONCLUSION: Country-specific policies are needed to overcome the large shortage of mental health-care staff and services throughout LMICs.

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  1. Brazil, Ministry of Health, Department of Healthcare & Department of Strategic and Programmatic Actions. Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Reform of Mental Health Services: 15 years after the Caracas Declaration, Brasilia, 5–8 November 2005.
  2. Scheffler RM, Bruckner TA, Fulton BD, Yoon J, Shen G, Chisholm D et al. Human resources for mental health: workforce shortages in low and middle income countries. Human Resources for Health Observer 8. Geneva: World Health Organization (in press, February 2011).

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Authors
Bruckner, T. A., Scheffler, R. M., Shen, G., Yoon, J., Chisholm, D., Morris, J., Fulton, B. D., Dal Poz, M. R., & Saxena, S.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Irvine (US)
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
  • Georgia Southern University (US)
  • World Health Organization (CH)
  • gDepartment of Human Resources for Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Venue
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Publisher
WHO Press
Published
2010-11-22
Volume
89
Issue
3
Pages
184-194
ISSN
0042-9686 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2471/blt.10.082784
PMC
PMC3044251
OpenAlex
W2124195919
Cited by
433
References
49
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FWCI
12.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Global Health and Surgery
Keywords
mental health professionals, workforce shortage, low- and middle-income countries, mental health service delivery, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, depression, schizophrenia, suicide, epilepsy, dementia, substance use disorders, health workforce planning
MeSH terms
Workforce, Mental Disorders, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Developing Countries, Humans, Mental Health Services, Needs Assessment

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