THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE CARIBBEAN

Mental illness ! Mental illness not initially recognised by European ... Earliest report from Jamaica in 1962 incidence 150 per 100,000 (Royes K 1962) ! 13 per 100,000 in 1974 (Burke 1974) ... 16th leading cause of mortality worldwide (WHO 2008) ! Suicide rates increasing ! ................
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