22.03.2022
22.03.2022:
In large parts of the world, professional psychiatric resources are unavailable. Training laypeople to provide treatment could help extend service provision. Worldwide, mental illness represents a greater burden of disability than any other disease category (1). In large parts of the world, there is a gap between the need for and the availability of professional psychiatric resources. In 2011, the World Health Organization estimated that 76–85 % of psychiatric patients in low-income countries receive no treatment (2). In those parts of the world, there is a widespread shortage of trained...