The rising pandemic of mental disorders and associated chronic diseases and disabilities

Autor: Morton Kramer
Rok vydání: 1980
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Zdroj: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 62:382-397
ISSN: 1600-0447
0001-690X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1980.tb07714.x
Popis: Prevalence rates of mental disorders, hypertensive disease, cerebrovascular disease and other chronic conditions are increasing throughout the world. Two mechanisms are responsible for this situation: the large relative increases that are occurring in the number of persons in age groups at high risk for developing these conditions; and the increase in average duration of chronic diseases resulting from the successful application of techniques for arresting their fatal complications and prolonging the lives of affected individuals. In the absence of effective techniques for reducing incidence, the prevalence of such diseases will continue to increase. The chronic mental disorders and conditions related to them are used to illustrate the manner in which these mechanisms are operating. Data are presented to demonstrate the increases likely to occur between 1975 and 2000 in the number of persons with these conditions in the more and less developed regions of the world and in selected countries. These findings set new priorities for future epidemiologic research. Emphasis must be placed on discovering the preventable causes of the conditions which are increasing in prevalence.
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