A study has found that most people with severe mental health problems must go untreated in developing countries. The World Health Organization says between seventy-five and eighty-five percent had not treatment within the past year. In developed nations, between thirty-five and fifty percent went untreated.
The Journal of the American Medical Association (《美國醫(yī)學(xué)會(huì)會(huì)刊》) published the findings. Ronald Kessler of Harvard University and Bedirhan Ustun of the WHO led the study. They examined the results of questions asked of more than sixty thousand adults in fourteen countries.
The most developed nations were Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States. The less developed ones were Columbia, China, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria and Ukraine. Researchers gathered the information between 2001 and 2003. They asked the same questions in every interview. They wanted to estimate how many people have mental disorders, and what kind. They also wanted to learn what treatment, if any, the people had received within the past year.
The problems considered included nervous anxiety and uncontrolled anger. Others were such things as eating disorders and disorders related to the use of alcohol and illegal drugs.
The percentage of people who said they had a mental disorder differed greatly from country to country. The researchers found that for most countries the rate was between nine and twenty percent. The United States had the highest, at twenty-six percent of those questioned. The Chinese city of Shanghai had the lowest, at four percent.
The researchers say they believe this difference shows how mental health is seen differently around the world. They say people in many non-Western countries are often less likely to admit they have problems.
The researchers call for new efforts at early intervention. They say early treatment of minor disorders could prevent many serious cases later.
輔助閱讀：
一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，在發(fā)展中國家，患有嚴(yán)重的精神疾病的人多數(shù)沒有得到治療。
世界衛(wèi)生組織說，在發(fā)展中國家有75-85%的精神疾病患者沒有得到治療，而在發(fā)達(dá)國家有35-40%的精神疾病患者沒有得到治療。其中，發(fā)達(dá)國家包括比利時(shí)、法國、德國、意大利、日本、荷蘭、西班牙和美國，不發(fā)達(dá)國家包括哥倫比亞、中國、黎巴嫩、墨西哥、尼日利亞和烏克蘭。
研究人員調(diào)查的問題包括精神焦慮、生氣失控、飲食失調(diào)及與攝入酒精或違禁藥物有關(guān)的失調(diào)疾患等。
研究者說，世界上不同國家的人們對精神疾病持有不同的態(tài)度。非西方國家的人通常不大承認(rèn)自己有心理問題。
研究者呼吁人們在早期治療上做更多的努力，因?yàn)檩p度精神疾病的早期治療可以防止后期許多嚴(yán)重病癥的發(fā)生。
The Journal of the American Medical Association (《美國醫(yī)學(xué)會(huì)會(huì)刊》) published the findings. Ronald Kessler of Harvard University and Bedirhan Ustun of the WHO led the study. They examined the results of questions asked of more than sixty thousand adults in fourteen countries.
The most developed nations were Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States. The less developed ones were Columbia, China, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria and Ukraine. Researchers gathered the information between 2001 and 2003. They asked the same questions in every interview. They wanted to estimate how many people have mental disorders, and what kind. They also wanted to learn what treatment, if any, the people had received within the past year.
The problems considered included nervous anxiety and uncontrolled anger. Others were such things as eating disorders and disorders related to the use of alcohol and illegal drugs.
The percentage of people who said they had a mental disorder differed greatly from country to country. The researchers found that for most countries the rate was between nine and twenty percent. The United States had the highest, at twenty-six percent of those questioned. The Chinese city of Shanghai had the lowest, at four percent.
The researchers say they believe this difference shows how mental health is seen differently around the world. They say people in many non-Western countries are often less likely to admit they have problems.
The researchers call for new efforts at early intervention. They say early treatment of minor disorders could prevent many serious cases later.
輔助閱讀：
一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，在發(fā)展中國家，患有嚴(yán)重的精神疾病的人多數(shù)沒有得到治療。
世界衛(wèi)生組織說，在發(fā)展中國家有75-85%的精神疾病患者沒有得到治療，而在發(fā)達(dá)國家有35-40%的精神疾病患者沒有得到治療。其中，發(fā)達(dá)國家包括比利時(shí)、法國、德國、意大利、日本、荷蘭、西班牙和美國，不發(fā)達(dá)國家包括哥倫比亞、中國、黎巴嫩、墨西哥、尼日利亞和烏克蘭。
研究人員調(diào)查的問題包括精神焦慮、生氣失控、飲食失調(diào)及與攝入酒精或違禁藥物有關(guān)的失調(diào)疾患等。
研究者說，世界上不同國家的人們對精神疾病持有不同的態(tài)度。非西方國家的人通常不大承認(rèn)自己有心理問題。
研究者呼吁人們在早期治療上做更多的努力，因?yàn)檩p度精神疾病的早期治療可以防止后期許多嚴(yán)重病癥的發(fā)生。