The world health report 2001 - Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope

The 2001 report focuses on the fact that mental health – neglected for far too long – is crucial to the overall well-being of individuals, societies and countries. The report advocates policies that are urgently needed to ensure that stigma and discrimination are broken down and that effective prevention and treatment are put in place.

• World health report 2001 press kit

• Message from the Director-General
• Overview
• Statistical annex

Download the World health report

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FULL REPORT

• Full report
  pdf, 2.56Mb

REPORT BY CHAPTERS

• Message from the Director-General
  pdf, 705kb
• Chapter 1: A public health approach to mental health
  pdf, 265kb
• Chapter 2: Burden of mental and behavioural disorders
  pdf, 321kb
• Chapter 3: Solving mental health problems
  pdf, 294kb
• Chapter 4: Mental health policy and service provision
  pdf, 408kb
• Chapter 5: The way forward
  pdf, 175kb
• Statistical annex
  pdf, 393kb

THE WORLD HEALTH REPORT IN RUSSIAN

• Full report
  pdf, 52.63Mb
• Message from the Director-General
  pdf, 4.69Mb
• Chapter 1: A public health approach to mental health
  pdf, 4.89Mb
• Chapter 2: Burden of mental and behavioural disorders
  pdf, 8.60Mb
• Chapter 3: Solving mental health problems
  pdf, 8.64Mb
• Chapter 4: Mental health policy and service provision
  pdf, 11.06Mb
• Chapter 5: The way forward
  pdf, 4.87Mb
• Statistical annex
  pdf, 10.21Mb

THE WORLD HEALTH REPORT IN Portugese

• Full report
  pdf, 1.85Mb
• Message from the Director-General
  pdf, 190kb
• Chapter 1: A public health approach to mental health
  pdf, 247kb
• Chapter 2: Burden of mental and behavioural disorders
  pdf, 325kb
• Chapter 3: Solving mental health problems
  pdf, 268kb
• Chapter 4: Mental health policy and service provision
  pdf, 354kb
• References
  pdf, 199kb

THE WORLD HEALTH REPORT IN Greek

• Full report
  pdf, 3.90Mb
• Message from the Director-General
  pdf, 881kb
• Chapter 1: A public health approach to mental health
  pdf, 486kb
• Chapter 2: Burden of mental and behavioural disorders
  pdf, 521kb
• Chapter 3: Solving mental health problems
  pdf, 510kb
• Chapter 4: Mental health policy and service provision
  pdf, 607kb
• Chapter 5: The way forward
  pdf, 450kb

THE WORLD HEALTH REPORT IN Italian

• Full report
  pdf, 1.15Mb