Investing in MENTAL HEALTH - World Health Organization

Investing inMENTAL HEALTHThis publication was produced by the Department of MENTAL HEALTH and Substance Dependence, Noncommunicable Diseases and MENTAL HEALTH , World HEALTH Organization , further information and feedback, please contact: Department of MENTAL HEALTH and Substance Dependence, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, SwitzerlandTel: +41 22 791 21 11, fax: +41 22 791 41 60, e-mail: website: Library Cataloguing-in-Publication DataWorld HEALTH in MENTAL disorders - economics disorders - therapy HEALTH services - economics HEALTH services - economics of illness 92 4 156257 9(NLM classification: WM 30) World HEALTH Organization 2003 All rights reserved. Publications of the World HEALTH Organization can be obtained from Marketing and Dissemination, World HealthOrganization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel: +41 22 791 2476; fax: +41 22 791 4857; Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications whether for sale or for noncommercialdistribution should be addressed to Publications, at the above address (fax: +41 22 791 4806; email: The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatso-ever on the part of the World HEALTH Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities,or concerning the delimitation of))

and support services. The cost of mental health problems in developed countries is estimated to be between 3% and 4% of GNP. However, mental disorders cost national economies several billion dollars, both in terms of expenditures incurred and loss of productivity. The average annual costs, including medical, pharmaceutical and disability costs, for

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