03810nam a22004935i 4500 978-981-99-9153-2 DE-He213 20251030111808.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240406s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819991532 978-981-99-9153-2 10.1007/978-981-99-9153-2 doi BF1-990 JM bicssc PSY000000 bisacsh JM thema Access to Mental Health Care in South Asia [electronic resource] : Current Status, Potential Challenges, and Ways Out / edited by S. M. Yasir Arafat, Sujita Kumar Kar. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XVI, 243 p. 11 illus., 6 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders and Overview of Access to Mental Health Care in South Asia -- Mental Health Care in Afghanistan -- Mental Health Care in Bangladesh -- Mental Health Care in Bhutan -- Mental Health Care in India -- Mental Health Care in Nepal -- Mental Health Care in Pakistan -- Mental Health Care in Sri Lanka -- Variations of Challenges and Ways Out of Access to Mental Health Care in South Asia -- Research, Innovations and Ideas to Facilitate Mental Healthcare Delivery in South Asia. This book is about access to mental health care in South Asia. South Asia consists of eight countries with low and middle-income backgrounds. The region contains a combined population of about 2 billion, making up about a quarter of the global population. The people of this region share common cultures, beliefs, and behavioral patterns regarding physical and mental health. Among them, about 15% (about 300 million) have been suffering from common mental disorders. However, there is a persisting high treatment gap for mental illness in the region. Hence, despite having a mental illness, only a small percentage of the population is able to have access to essential mental healthcare. Though governments are trying to bridge the gap by improving mental health policies and programs, it is still a major challenge delivering mental healthcare to all people in need. Due to the income category and dual disease burden of the countries, there are some additional enduring challenges like poor funding and research, inadequate and inequitable manpower, huge out-of-pocket expenses, poor mental health literacy, income disparity, and high stigma. This book aims to highlight the issues related to accessing mental health services in a densely populated low and middle-income setting. This book is the first of its kind in comparing and contrasting the delivery status of mental health services in South Asian countries. Psychology. 63758 Mental health. 63229 Behavioral Sciences and Psychology. 68075 Mental Health. 63229 Arafat, S. M. Yasir. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 72746 Kar, Sujita Kumar. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 72987 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819991525 Printed edition: 9789819991549 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9153-2 ZDB-2-BSP ZDB-2-SXBP 58991 58991