Eapen Valsamma, El-Rufaie Omer
Chair of Child Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, email
Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE.
Int Psychiatry. 2008 Apr 1;5(2):38-40. eCollection 2008 Apr.
This paper will focus on the current state of mental health services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and reflect on the various public health, socio-economic and psychosocial factors that have a major impact on the mental health needs of the population. It is to be borne in mind that the services described in this paper are in a state of rapid change, as the country is witnessing one of the fastest rates of development in the world.
本文将聚焦于阿拉伯联合酋长国(阿联酋)心理健康服务的现状,并思考对民众心理健康需求有重大影响的各类公共卫生、社会经济和心理社会因素。需要牢记的是,本文所述的服务正处于快速变化之中,因为该国正经历着世界上最快的发展速度之一。