Mental Health in Developing Countries

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The Mental Wellbeing College

Indi Dissanayake

83 episodes

6 days ago

Each episode is a deep-dive into the evidence of different mental wellbeing practices. We discuss this with researchers and practitioners themselves. We tease apart the research for you in an applicable way so you can implement strategies and tools to improve your own wellbeing.

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Mental Health in Developing Countries | 15min Lifestyle Psych

The Mental Wellbeing College

21 minutes 10 seconds

11 months ago

Mental Health in Developing Countries | 15min Lifestyle Psych

In this episode, we discuss the plight of mental illness and unique risk factors for mental illness in developing countries, the poverty trap and much more... Chapters 0:00 Show Intro 1:54 Is MI a Western Problem Only? 3:10 Risk Factors in Developing Countries 8:30 Mental Health Stigma 11:30 The Poverty Trap 16:48 Possible Solutions Show Notes "The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development" by Patel et al., 2018 "Mental Health Service Provision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" by Rathod et al., 2017 "World mental health report: Transforming mental health for all" by WHO, 2022 "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017" "Brain drain among Sri Lankan psychiatrists" by Chandradasa and Kuruppuarachchi (2023) "Why are we still living in the past? Sri Lanka needs urgent and timely reforms of its archaic mental health laws" by Hapangama et al., 2023