This is a blog for the Mental Health Policy Class at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.

September 6, 2007

Lancet Series (for those of you interested in international mental health)

The Lancet Series on Global Mental Health: Article Collection
Launching a new movement for mental health
“Despite the great attention western countries pay to the mind and human consciousness in philosophy and the arts, disturbances of mental health remain not only neglected but also deeply stigmatised across our societies.”
These are the introductory words of The Lancet's editor Dr Richard Horton, in a comment to introduce the series. He says: “For the most part, these organisations have done far too little, if anything at all?

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