Strategies to overcome barriers to scale up services for people with mental disorders
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Placing mental health on the public health priority agenda |
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Develop and use uniform and clearly understandable messages for mental health advocacy.
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Conduct advocacy in a coordinated manner involving key stakeholders including service users.
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Educate decision-makers within governments and in donor and multilateral agencies, on the evidence on public health significance of mental disorders and the cost-effectiveness of mental health care.
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| • | Improve organization of mental health services | • |
Develop national policies, plans and legislation to enable decentralization of resources and the development of services in the community.
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Address incentive arrangements to overcome vested interests blocking change.
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Provide the funds for concurrent running costs for mental hospitals and community services, while the infrastructure for community services is being developed.
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Organize international technical support to learn from countries that have experienced successful mental health reform.
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| • | Integrating the availability of mental health in general health care | • |
Develop innovative models to ensure mental health care in PHC with low-cost human resources for screening and provision of interventions, and strengthening close links to specialist services.
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