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メンタルヘルスのための資源: 希少性,不平等性,非効率性
Shekhar Saxena1, Graham Thornicroft, Martin Knapp
1World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. saxenas@who.int
Lancet (London, England)
|September 7, 2007
まとめ
メンタルヘルスのリソースは,特に低所得国において,希少で不公平に配分されています. これらの課題に取り組むには,よりよいグローバルな精神保健成果のために,資金の増やし,リソースの割り当てを改善する必要があります.
科学分野:
- グローバル・ヘルス グローバル・ヘルス
- メンタルヘルス政策について
- 健康経済学 医療経済学
背景:
- メンタルヘルス資源の利用は,精神障害の世界的な負担に対処するために不可欠です.
- 低,中所得国 (LMICs) は,適切な精神保健医療を提供することに大きな課題に直面しています.
- 既存のメンタルヘルス資源には,政策,インフラ,サービス,コミュニティ支援,人材,資金などが含まれる.
研究 の 目的:
- LMICsを中心に,メンタルヘルスリソースの一般的可用性を評価する.
- 世界的にメンタルヘルスケアの改善を妨げている主要な障害を特定すること.
主な方法:
- この研究では,精神保健資源の一般的な利用可能性について論じています.
- 政府の支出,人材の限界,資源の分配パターンを分析しています.
- また,資金調達と介入の実施における非効率性も検討されています.
主要な成果:
- メンタルヘルスのための政府支出は,ほとんどの国で,特にLMICsでは不十分です.
- メンタルヘルスケアのための人材は,LMICで非常に限られており,今後も限られるでしょう.
- メンタルヘルスのリソースは不公平に分配されており,恵まれない人口が最も多く必要としているが,最もアクセスできない.
結論:
- 精神衛生資源の不足,不公平な分配,非効率的な利用は,精神衛生を改善するための主要な障害です.
- コミュニティベースのケアへの移行には,ほとんどの国でまだ利用できない追加の資金が必要です.
- スティグマと人権侵害は,メンタルヘルスケアへのアクセスをさらに困難にしています.
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