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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

report by chapters

- Message from the Director-General
- Overview
- Chapter 1: A public health approach to mental health
- Chapter 2: Burden of mental and behavioural disorders
- Chapter 3: Solving mental health problems
- Chapter 4: Mental health policy and service provision
- Chapter 5: The way forward
- Statistical annex

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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]

THE WORLD HEALTH REPORT 2001

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