Helal Muhammad Nabeel, Ahmed Uzair, Vostanis Panos
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
Department of Learning Disability Psychiatry, Leeds Partnership Foundation Trust, Leeds, UK.
Int Psychiatry. 2011 Nov 1;8(4):92-94. eCollection 2011 Nov.
Despite the growing importance of mental health in international and national policies, the contribution to the psychiatric evidence base from non-Western countries is sparse. Such a gap in research output between high- and low-income countries constrains improvements in public health and mental health policy and practice in developing countries, where there is perhaps the greatest unmet need. If research is to inform local mental health policy and practice, it must reflect the diverse realities of local health systems and cultural factors.
尽管心理健康在国际和国家政策中的重要性日益凸显,但来自非西方国家对精神病学证据基础的贡献却很少。高收入国家和低收入国家在研究产出上的这种差距限制了发展中国家公共卫生和心理健康政策及实践的改善,而在这些国家,未满足的需求可能最大。如果研究要为地方心理健康政策和实践提供信息,就必须反映当地卫生系统的多样现实和文化因素。