The Mental Illness Needs Index
Epidemiologia e psichiatria sociale Monograph SupplementPublished 1 April 1997
Gyles Glover
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Abstract
It is well known that the prevalence of mental illness is not uniformly distributed. This has practical consequences for the planning, financing and evaluation of public mental health services. Areas likely to have greater morbidity are likely to require more resources. The question is by how much? This essay describes a method devised in the context of the English health service to provide practical help to mental health planners faced with this type of question.
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