Atlas: Nurses in Mental Health 2007 - World Health Organization

Mental health care is an essential but often forgotten component of health care. Nurses are core health-care providers and they need to be able to contribute effectively to mental health care. In reality, however, most low and middle income countries do not have adequate numbers of nurses, and the education and training of nurses in these countries provide little of the knowledge and skills necessary for good mental health care. The result is poor or no mental health care for those who need it. Atlas: Nurses in Mental Health 2007 presents results of a global survey on the availability, education, training and role of nurses in mental health care. The fi ndings of this...