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8 Oct, 6 tweets, 5 min read
The world has failed to provide people with the #MentalHealth services they need: new Mental Health Atlas
Read more➡️bit.ly/3uTfIRs
Issued every three years, the #MentalHealth Atlas is a compilation of data provided by countries around the world on mental health policies, legislation, financing, human resources, availability and utilization of services & data collection systems bit.ly/3uTfIRs
Government health budgets spent on #MentalHealth has scarcely changed during the last years, still hovering around 2% bit.ly/3uTfIRs
Only 1 of 6 #MentalHealth targets set by the global health community for 2020 were achieved; progress towards meeting the others was limited bit.ly/3uTfIRs
More than 70% of total government expenditure on #MentalHealth was allocated to mental hospitals in middle-income countries, vs 35% in high-income countries bit.ly/3uTfIRs
Centralized mental hospitals & institutional inpatient care still receive more funds than services provided in general hospitals & primary health-care centres in many countries.
The transfer of care to the community needs to be accelerated bit.ly/3uTfIRs

#MentalHealth

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