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Table of Contents: Volume 78 (4) 2000

Special theme issue: Mental Health

Editorials

- Page 411 [pdf 40kb]
Mental health in the 21st century—Gro Harlem Brundtland
- Page 412 [pdf 47kb]
Mainstreaming mental health—T. Bedirhan Üstün

Theme Papers

- Page 413 [pdf 264kb]
Cross-national comparisons of mental disorders—WHO International Consortium of Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Page 427 [pdf 163kb]
Burden of mental disorders: Australian and Global Burden of Disease studies—T. Vos & C.D. Mathers
- Page 439 [pdf 129kb]
Long-term prognosis of depression in primary care—G.E.Simon
- Page 446 [pdf 113kb]
the persistence of the burden of anxiety and depression—G. Andrews et al.
- Page 455 [pdf 119kb]
The genetics of mental illness—S.E. Hyman
- Page 464 [pdf 139kb]
Psychiatric epidemiology: selected recent advances and future directions—R.C. Kessler
- Page 475 [pdf 106kb]
Mental health policy development in Africa—O. Gureje & A. Alem
- Page 483 [pdf 117kb]
Mental health developments in Latin America—R.D. Alarcón & S.A. Aguilar-Gaxiola
- Page 491 [pdf 185kb]
Towards a global alcohol policy—D.H. Jernigan et al.

Round Table

- Page 500 [pdf 54kb]
Setting the WHO agenda for mental health
- Page 501 [pdf 217kb]
Commentaries by: M. Tansella; N.N. Wig; P.E. Garfinkel & D.S. Goldbloom; I. Bitter; M.O. Öztürk; M.H. Mubbashar & K. Saeed; M. Freeman; H. Herrman; L. Eisenberg; D. Goldberg.

Public Health Classic

- Page 515 [pdf 69kb]
Commentary: Lithium treatmennt for bipolar disorder—P.B. Mitchell & D. Hadzi-Pavlovic
- Page 518 [pdf 2.24Mb]
Lithium slats in the treatment of psychotic excitement—John F.J. Cade

Critical Reflection

- Page 521 [pdf 171kb]
Global trade and health—D.W. Bettcher, D. Yach & G.E. Guindon

Research

- Page 535 [pdf 187kb]
Nutritional status of infants in rural Zambia—J.L.A. Hautvast et al.
- Page 542 [pdf 170kb]
Screening of Tanzanian women for urinary schistosomiasis—G. Poggensee et al.

Policy & Practice

- Page 549 [pdf 200kb]
Global public-private partnerships: part I—K. Buse & G. Walt

News

- Page 562 [pdf 61kb]
Problems due to flooding persist in Mozambique and Madagascar; Largest-ever study shows reduction in cardiovascular mortality; Spread of hepatitis C linked to unsafe injection practices in Egypt; More journals commit to National Institutes of Health publishing database; The Jordan Report 2000: progress in vaccine development

Books and Electronic Media

- Page 564 [pdf 40kb]
Common mental disorders in primary care—review by Kwame McKenzie

Letters

- Page 565 [pdf 55kb]
The Urban Health Project, Karachi—Franklin White
Copper contamination from domestic tap water with a descaler—Santiago Nogué et al.