PMID: 30785972Feb 21, 2019Paper

The burden of mental disorders, neurological, substance use and suicide: Report on mental health priorities in Argentina

Vertex : revista argentina de psiquiatriá
Daniel VigoDevora Kestel

Abstract

The objective of this study is to provide an estimate of the burden of disease related to mental health in Argentina, in order to provide elements for the rational prioritization of resource allocation and the development of services. Based on the estimations made by the Study of the Global Burden of Disease (1) we add an analysis of the load product of: a) self-injuries and suicide; b) common neurological disorders with severe psychological and behavioral manifestations; c) somatic consequences of alcohol use disorder; and iv) an estimate of the disorder by somatic symptoms with prominent pain. The burden of disease caused by mental, neurological, substance use and suicide disorders (MNSS) is approximately one fifth of the years of life adjusted for disability (DALYs) and more than a third of the years lived with disability (ADLs) total, resulting in the most disabling subgroup of all non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and far exceeding the combined group of infectious and maternal-child diseases, and the group of non-self-inflicted accidents and injuries. The analysis of DALYs by age and sex allows a hierarchy of the disorders that should guide the development of services for MNSS disorders, their integration in primary care, ...Continue Reading

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