The World Health Report 2001, Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope has been launched by WHO Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland in Geneva Switzerland. The Report is a review of the status of knowledge and research about mental and neurological disorders and provides a road map for a global reform of mental health care and prevention. The report details ten recommendations by governments and outlines three different scenarios for action, based on countries' level of affluence and economic development.
Stressing that mental illness is not a personal failure; Dr
Brundtland stated, "If there is failure, it is in the way we have re-
sponded to people with mental and neurological disorders. I hope this
report will dispel long-held prejudices and mark the beginning of a
new era in the field of mental health care."
Neuro psychiatric disorders currently account for nearly one third of
the disability in the world - affecting rich and poor nations alike.
The full text Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland's speech can be viewed at
the WHO web-site:
http://www.who.int/whr/2001/main/en/message/index.htm
An online version of The World Health Report 2001 can also be viewed
at: http://www.who.int/whr/
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