Recently,
greater attention and resources have been devoted to improving mental healthcare in low and middle income countries (LMIC), though this support has not
matched efforts in other areas of health and development. Mental health,
however, is an essential component in efforts to achieve major health and
development goals.
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Depression, for example, is a leading cause of disability,
associated with negative economic and health outcomes including reduced
productivity and role functioning, poor prognosis and treatment adherence in
HIV/AIDS, and poor outcomes in children of depressed mothers, such as low
birthweight, undernutrition, reduced vaccination and well-child visits, and
mental disorders. These associations suggest that increasing availability and
access to depression treatments may have broad health and development benefits
but there remains little evidence that treatment translates into such
improvements. Read More>>>>>>
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