How to scale up mental health care: As few as 1 in 50 people with mental health problems have access to treatment in developing countries, compared with 1 in 3 in wealthy nations

2011 NOV 4 -- Scaling up mental health services in developing countries is an essential part of any plan to improve mental health worldwide. However recent data suggests while 1 in 3 people with a mental health problem in wealthy nations receive treatment (in itself a huge shortfall in care), in developing countries it can be as few as 1 in 50. The fourth paper in The Lancet Series on Global Mental Health looks at progress made since the Lancet's landmark 2007 Series on the same subject. The paper is written by Dr Julian Eaton, who works with CBM International and is based in Abuja, Nigeria, and colleagues from many other countries.

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