Mental health is integral to public health: a call to scale up evidence-based services and develop mental health research
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2008
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South African Medical Journal
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University of Cape Town
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The Global Burden of Disease studies documented the challenges posed by mental illness. Mental illness comprised an estimated 12% of the global burden of disease in 2000, and is predicted to rise to 15% by 2020. Mental disorders comprise 5 of the 10 leading causes of health disability; it is predicted that, by 2030, unipolar depression will be the world's second most disabling health condition.
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Lund, C., Stein, D. J., Corrigall, J., Bradshaw, D., Schneider, M., & Flisher, A. J. (2008). Mental health is integral to public health: a call to scale up evidence-based services and develop mental health research. SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, 98(6), 444-446.