Diversity in global mental health : gender, lifespan, access to care, treatment and social strata / Sabine Bährer-Kohler, Blanca Bolea-Alamanac, editors.
Foreword -- Introduction -- Differences in prevalence of mental health with the inclusion of diversity, gender and lifespan -- Diversity and lifespan -- Woman, gender and diversity -- Diversity and gender differences in treatment -- Global Mental health -- services and access to care -- Mental Health/GMH prevention & promotion with the inclusion of diversity & gender -- Governance, diplomacy, and politics -- Conclusion.
Summary:
Mental illness occurs in all communities, regardless of social status, gender, race, or culture. Despite this, research in mental health historically has been biased towards Western-centric heterosexual male models of disease. Many models of service have excluded sexual and ethnic minorities and may not have been inclusive of different cultures or spiritual approaches. All of these factors may in turn isolate these communities and thus lead to an increased vulnerability to disease. This brief explores the diversity of cultural, ethnic, social, and gender perspectives on how to achieve better mental health care for societies across the globe. The authors emphasize diversity focusing on lifespan aspects, while weaving in social, racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender perspectives. They further expand their analysis by zeroing in on prominent determinants in global mental health care, including globalization, international migration, specific population idiosyncrasies, climate change, and political context. Finally, it includes novel neurobiological and biomedical approaches to treatment, and
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