Mental Health: Out of the shadows NOW
Why do I believe that mental health should be part of the agenda, with the other NCDs?
By Dr Florence Baingana
For the first time in the history of the UN, the General Assembly scheduled for September 2011 in New York is going to focus on Non-Communicable Disorders (NCDs) but without mental health, which is grouped among NCDs.
Why do I believe that mental health should be part of the agenda, with the other NCDs? There is a link between mental health and all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). People with mental disorders are likely to be among the poorest of the poor, and would require targeted attention if MDG 1, to reduce extreme poverty and hunger, is to be met. Children with mental and neurological disorders are often the ones who repeat classes, drop out of school, or become difficult to manage students, interfering with achievement of, universal primary education MDG 2. .....
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