TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health services for youth in the eastern mediterranean region
T2 - Challenges and opportunities
AU - Rahman, Atif
AU - Hamoda, Hesham M.
AU - Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin
AU - Khan, Murad
AU - Saeed, Khalid
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The Global Burden of Disease study shows that the burden from mental and substance use disorders, measured in Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), has steadily risen in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) over the last three decades and is higher than the global average for almost all EMR countries). Even more alarming is the finding that depression, self-harm, anxiety and conduct disorders constitute four of the top 10 causes of DALYs among girls and boys aged 15-19 years and suicide is a leading cause of adolescent mortality.
AB - The Global Burden of Disease study shows that the burden from mental and substance use disorders, measured in Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), has steadily risen in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) over the last three decades and is higher than the global average for almost all EMR countries). Even more alarming is the finding that depression, self-harm, anxiety and conduct disorders constitute four of the top 10 causes of DALYs among girls and boys aged 15-19 years and suicide is a leading cause of adolescent mortality.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064212479&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.26719/2019.25.2.80
DO - 10.26719/2019.25.2.80
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 30942470
AN - SCOPUS:85064212479
SN - 1020-3397
VL - 25
SP - 80
EP - 81
JO - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
JF - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
IS - 2
ER -