Hu Teh-wei
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
J Ment Health Policy Econ. 2003 Sep;6(3):145-7.
A concrete indicator of a government's commitment to mental health services is the amount of financial resources it allocates. To encourage the government to increase mental health funding, it would require additional research and dissemination findings on the economic consequences of mental health disorders, cost-effectiveness benefits of alternatives treatment, and alternative methods of financing for mental health illnesses. In addition, an organized consumer group can be an effective means in informing legislative and government policy makers. Public financing alone is not sufficient for treating mental illness. Private financing may supplement public funding. It would be important to combine both public and private funding to deliver adequate services for mental illness patients. WHO has been very effective in global tobacco control and SARS epidemic. The new administration should use this successful momentum to initiate a global funding campaign for mental health disorder as a top priority.
政府对心理健康服务投入的一个具体指标是其分配的财政资源数额。为鼓励政府增加心理健康资金投入，需要就心理健康障碍的经济后果、替代治疗的成本效益益处以及心理健康疾病的替代融资方法进行更多研究并传播研究结果。此外，有组织的消费者团体可以成为向立法者和政府政策制定者提供信息的有效手段。仅靠公共融资不足以治疗精神疾病。私人融资可以补充公共资金。将公共和私人资金结合起来为精神疾病患者提供足够的服务非常重要。世界卫生组织在全球烟草控制和非典疫情防控方面非常有效。新政府应利用这一成功势头，将发起全球心理健康障碍资金筹集运动作为首要任务。
