Khan Faria, Shehzad R K, Chaudhry Haroon R
Child and Adolescent Services for Early Intervention, Lancashirecare NHS Trust, Lancashire, UK.
Department of Paediatrics, Clonmel General Hospital, Clonmel, Ireland.
Int Psychiatry. 2008 Oct 1;5(4):86-88. eCollection 2008 Oct.
Worldwide, mental disorders are on the increase (Gadit, 2007) and an estimated 10-20% of children have one or more mental or behavioural problems (Park, 2002). There is an urgent and serious need to pay attention to the mental health needs of children in low- and middle-income countries (Rahman , 2000). The initial survey for the World Health Organization's Atlas project (Sherer, 2002) showed that 41% of countries surveyed had no mental health policy and 28% had no separate budget for mental health.
在全球范围内,精神障碍的发病率正在上升(加迪特,2007年),估计有10%至20%的儿童存在一种或多种精神或行为问题(帕克,2002年)。迫切需要关注低收入和中等收入国家儿童的心理健康需求(拉赫曼,2000年)。世界卫生组织地图集项目的初步调查(谢勒,2002年)显示,41%的受调查国家没有心理健康政策,28%的国家没有单独的心理健康预算。