Outlining the Scope for Public Sector Involvement in Mental Health

The paper documents the large and increasingly important contribution made by mental disorders to the global burden of disease. Disease burden does not provide sufficient justification for public intervention (understood as financing, provision, mandates, regulation or information) in the field of mental health. While there exists cost-effective interventions for some mental health disorders, the existence of such interventions, on their own, does not provide a sufficient basis for public intervention. The popular burden of disease and cost-effectiveness arguments therefore provide a weak foundation upon which to build a case for public intervention - and, a fortiori, for World Bank support to such intervention - in the field of mental health. This paper applies an algorithm for decision-making borrowed from Musgrove (1999) that orders the main criteria for public intervention to the field of mental health. The locus for reform efforts in the field is defined by the gap between the existing and the desirable features of mental health financing and provision.

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Main Authors: Beeharry, Girindre, Whiteford, Harvey, Chambers, David, Baingana, Florence
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2002-08
Subjects:MENTAL DISEASES, DISEASE BURDEN, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH POLICIES, MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AGED, ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL USE, ALGORITHM, ANXIETY, BIPOLAR DISORDER, BURDEN OF DISEASE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, CATASTROPHIC COSTS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY CARE, COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE, CONGENITAL ANOMALIES, COST EFFECTIVENESS, CRIME, DEMENTIA, DEPRESSION, DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS, DIABETES, DISABLED PEOPLE, DRUG USE, ELDERLY CARE, EMPLOYMENT, EPILEPSY, EXTERNALITIES, EXTERNALITY, FAMILY CARE, HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CONDITIONS, HEALTH FINANCING, HEALTH LEGISLATION, HEALTH REFORM, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HOSPITALIZATION, HOUSING, INFECTIONS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INJURIES, INTERVENTION, MATERNAL HEALTH, MEDICINE, MENTAL DISORDER, MENTAL DISORDERS, MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH FINANCING, MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, MENTAL ILLNESS, MENTALLY ILL, MENTALLY ILL PERSONS, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MOTIVATION, NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, NEUROPSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS, NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, NUTRITION, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES, PANIC DISORDER, PARASITIC DISEASES, PATIENTS, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, PREMATURE DEATH, PRIMARY CARE, PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOSIS, PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SECTOR, SAFETY, SCHIZOPHRENIA, SOCIAL SERVICES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS, SUICIDE, SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, SUICIDE RATES, TRADITIONAL HEALERS, TRAUMATIC STRESS, UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES, WORKERS, WORKPLACE, YOUNG PEOPLE,
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spelling dig-okr-10986137612024-08-08T17:36:01Z Outlining the Scope for Public Sector Involvement in Mental Health Beeharry, Girindre Whiteford, Harvey Chambers, David Baingana, Florence MENTAL DISEASES DISEASE BURDEN MENTAL HEALTH CARE MENTAL HEALTH POLICIES MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AGED ALCOHOL ALCOHOL USE ALGORITHM ANXIETY BIPOLAR DISORDER BURDEN OF DISEASE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CATASTROPHIC COSTS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY CARE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE CONGENITAL ANOMALIES COST EFFECTIVENESS CRIME DEMENTIA DEPRESSION DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS DIABETES DISABLED PEOPLE DRUG USE ELDERLY CARE EMPLOYMENT EPILEPSY EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FAMILY CARE HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH LEGISLATION HEALTH REFORM HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HOSPITALIZATION HOUSING INFECTIONS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJURIES INTERVENTION MATERNAL HEALTH MEDICINE MENTAL DISORDER MENTAL DISORDERS MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH FINANCING MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES MENTAL ILLNESS MENTALLY ILL MENTALLY ILL PERSONS MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTIVATION NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS NEUROPSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS NUTRITION NUTRITION NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES PANIC DISORDER PARASITIC DISEASES PATIENTS POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER PREMATURE DEATH PRIMARY CARE PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS PRIVATE SECTOR PSYCHIATRY PSYCHOSIS PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR SAFETY SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIAL SERVICES SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS SUICIDE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE RATES TRADITIONAL HEALERS TRAUMATIC STRESS UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES WORKERS WORKPLACE YOUNG PEOPLE The paper documents the large and increasingly important contribution made by mental disorders to the global burden of disease. Disease burden does not provide sufficient justification for public intervention (understood as financing, provision, mandates, regulation or information) in the field of mental health. While there exists cost-effective interventions for some mental health disorders, the existence of such interventions, on their own, does not provide a sufficient basis for public intervention. The popular burden of disease and cost-effectiveness arguments therefore provide a weak foundation upon which to build a case for public intervention - and, a fortiori, for World Bank support to such intervention - in the field of mental health. This paper applies an algorithm for decision-making borrowed from Musgrove (1999) that orders the main criteria for public intervention to the field of mental health. The locus for reform efforts in the field is defined by the gap between the existing and the desirable features of mental health financing and provision. 2013-06-05T14:25:49Z 2013-06-05T14:25:49Z 2002-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/08/3492356/outlining-scope-public-sector-involvement-mental-health 1-932126-22-8 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13761 English en_US HNP discussion paper series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC
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topic MENTAL DISEASES
DISEASE BURDEN
MENTAL HEALTH CARE
MENTAL HEALTH POLICIES
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AGED
ALCOHOL
ALCOHOL USE
ALGORITHM
ANXIETY
BIPOLAR DISORDER
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CATASTROPHIC COSTS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY CARE
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
COST EFFECTIVENESS
CRIME
DEMENTIA
DEPRESSION
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
DIABETES
DISABLED PEOPLE
DRUG USE
ELDERLY CARE
EMPLOYMENT
EPILEPSY
EXTERNALITIES
EXTERNALITY
FAMILY CARE
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CONDITIONS
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH LEGISLATION
HEALTH REFORM
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HOSPITALIZATION
HOUSING
INFECTIONS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INJURIES
INTERVENTION
MATERNAL HEALTH
MEDICINE
MENTAL DISORDER
MENTAL DISORDERS
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH FINANCING
MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
MENTAL ILLNESS
MENTALLY ILL
MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOTIVATION
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
PANIC DISORDER
PARASITIC DISEASES
PATIENTS
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
PREMATURE DEATH
PRIMARY CARE
PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PSYCHIATRY
PSYCHOSIS
PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
SAFETY
SCHIZOPHRENIA
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS
SUICIDE
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE RATES
TRADITIONAL HEALERS
TRAUMATIC STRESS
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES
WORKERS
WORKPLACE
YOUNG PEOPLE
MENTAL DISEASES
DISEASE BURDEN
MENTAL HEALTH CARE
MENTAL HEALTH POLICIES
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AGED
ALCOHOL
ALCOHOL USE
ALGORITHM
ANXIETY
BIPOLAR DISORDER
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CATASTROPHIC COSTS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY CARE
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
COST EFFECTIVENESS
CRIME
DEMENTIA
DEPRESSION
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
DIABETES
DISABLED PEOPLE
DRUG USE
ELDERLY CARE
EMPLOYMENT
EPILEPSY
EXTERNALITIES
EXTERNALITY
FAMILY CARE
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CONDITIONS
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH LEGISLATION
HEALTH REFORM
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HOSPITALIZATION
HOUSING
INFECTIONS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INJURIES
INTERVENTION
MATERNAL HEALTH
MEDICINE
MENTAL DISORDER
MENTAL DISORDERS
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH FINANCING
MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
MENTAL ILLNESS
MENTALLY ILL
MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOTIVATION
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
PANIC DISORDER
PARASITIC DISEASES
PATIENTS
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
PREMATURE DEATH
PRIMARY CARE
PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PSYCHIATRY
PSYCHOSIS
PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
SAFETY
SCHIZOPHRENIA
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS
SUICIDE
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE RATES
TRADITIONAL HEALERS
TRAUMATIC STRESS
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES
WORKERS
WORKPLACE
YOUNG PEOPLE
spellingShingle MENTAL DISEASES
DISEASE BURDEN
MENTAL HEALTH CARE
MENTAL HEALTH POLICIES
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AGED
ALCOHOL
ALCOHOL USE
ALGORITHM
ANXIETY
BIPOLAR DISORDER
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CATASTROPHIC COSTS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY CARE
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
COST EFFECTIVENESS
CRIME
DEMENTIA
DEPRESSION
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
DIABETES
DISABLED PEOPLE
DRUG USE
ELDERLY CARE
EMPLOYMENT
EPILEPSY
EXTERNALITIES
EXTERNALITY
FAMILY CARE
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CONDITIONS
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH LEGISLATION
HEALTH REFORM
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HOSPITALIZATION
HOUSING
INFECTIONS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INJURIES
INTERVENTION
MATERNAL HEALTH
MEDICINE
MENTAL DISORDER
MENTAL DISORDERS
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH FINANCING
MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
MENTAL ILLNESS
MENTALLY ILL
MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOTIVATION
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
PANIC DISORDER
PARASITIC DISEASES
PATIENTS
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
PREMATURE DEATH
PRIMARY CARE
PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PSYCHIATRY
PSYCHOSIS
PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
SAFETY
SCHIZOPHRENIA
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS
SUICIDE
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE RATES
TRADITIONAL HEALERS
TRAUMATIC STRESS
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES
WORKERS
WORKPLACE
YOUNG PEOPLE
MENTAL DISEASES
DISEASE BURDEN
MENTAL HEALTH CARE
MENTAL HEALTH POLICIES
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AGED
ALCOHOL
ALCOHOL USE
ALGORITHM
ANXIETY
BIPOLAR DISORDER
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CATASTROPHIC COSTS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY CARE
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
COST EFFECTIVENESS
CRIME
DEMENTIA
DEPRESSION
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
DIABETES
DISABLED PEOPLE
DRUG USE
ELDERLY CARE
EMPLOYMENT
EPILEPSY
EXTERNALITIES
EXTERNALITY
FAMILY CARE
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CONDITIONS
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH LEGISLATION
HEALTH REFORM
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HOSPITALIZATION
HOUSING
INFECTIONS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INJURIES
INTERVENTION
MATERNAL HEALTH
MEDICINE
MENTAL DISORDER
MENTAL DISORDERS
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH FINANCING
MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
MENTAL ILLNESS
MENTALLY ILL
MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOTIVATION
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
PANIC DISORDER
PARASITIC DISEASES
PATIENTS
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
PREMATURE DEATH
PRIMARY CARE
PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PSYCHIATRY
PSYCHOSIS
PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
SAFETY
SCHIZOPHRENIA
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS
SUICIDE
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE RATES
TRADITIONAL HEALERS
TRAUMATIC STRESS
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES
WORKERS
WORKPLACE
YOUNG PEOPLE
Beeharry, Girindre
Whiteford, Harvey
Chambers, David
Baingana, Florence
Outlining the Scope for Public Sector Involvement in Mental Health
description The paper documents the large and increasingly important contribution made by mental disorders to the global burden of disease. Disease burden does not provide sufficient justification for public intervention (understood as financing, provision, mandates, regulation or information) in the field of mental health. While there exists cost-effective interventions for some mental health disorders, the existence of such interventions, on their own, does not provide a sufficient basis for public intervention. The popular burden of disease and cost-effectiveness arguments therefore provide a weak foundation upon which to build a case for public intervention - and, a fortiori, for World Bank support to such intervention - in the field of mental health. This paper applies an algorithm for decision-making borrowed from Musgrove (1999) that orders the main criteria for public intervention to the field of mental health. The locus for reform efforts in the field is defined by the gap between the existing and the desirable features of mental health financing and provision.
topic_facet MENTAL DISEASES
DISEASE BURDEN
MENTAL HEALTH CARE
MENTAL HEALTH POLICIES
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AGED
ALCOHOL
ALCOHOL USE
ALGORITHM
ANXIETY
BIPOLAR DISORDER
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CATASTROPHIC COSTS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY CARE
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
COST EFFECTIVENESS
CRIME
DEMENTIA
DEPRESSION
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
DIABETES
DISABLED PEOPLE
DRUG USE
ELDERLY CARE
EMPLOYMENT
EPILEPSY
EXTERNALITIES
EXTERNALITY
FAMILY CARE
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CONDITIONS
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH LEGISLATION
HEALTH REFORM
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HOSPITALIZATION
HOUSING
INFECTIONS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INJURIES
INTERVENTION
MATERNAL HEALTH
MEDICINE
MENTAL DISORDER
MENTAL DISORDERS
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH FINANCING
MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
MENTAL ILLNESS
MENTALLY ILL
MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOTIVATION
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
PANIC DISORDER
PARASITIC DISEASES
PATIENTS
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
PREMATURE DEATH
PRIMARY CARE
PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PSYCHIATRY
PSYCHOSIS
PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
SAFETY
SCHIZOPHRENIA
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS
SUICIDE
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE RATES
TRADITIONAL HEALERS
TRAUMATIC STRESS
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES
WORKERS
WORKPLACE
YOUNG PEOPLE
author Beeharry, Girindre
Whiteford, Harvey
Chambers, David
Baingana, Florence
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Whiteford, Harvey
Chambers, David
Baingana, Florence
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title Outlining the Scope for Public Sector Involvement in Mental Health
title_short Outlining the Scope for Public Sector Involvement in Mental Health
title_full Outlining the Scope for Public Sector Involvement in Mental Health
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