Mental disorders in Bangladesh: a systematic review

BMC Psychiatry

Dewan Shamsul Alam³  Louis Wilhelmus Niessen²  Waziul Alam Chowdhury¹  Helal Uddin Ahmed¹  Mohammad Didar Hossain³ 

[1]National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh

[2]Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

[3]Centre for Control of Chronic Diseases (CCCD), International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sharani, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

关键词: Bangladesh;    Treatment;    Management;    Service delivery;    Comorbidity;    Prevalence;    Systematic review;    Depression;    Mental disorders;   

Others  :  1123443
DOI  :  10.1186/s12888-014-0216-9

 received in 2013-11-18, accepted in 2014-07-18,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Mental disorders constitute a major public health problem globally with higher burden in low and middle-income countries. In Bangladesh, systematically-collected data on mental disorders are scarce and this leaves the extent of the problem not so well defined. We reviewed the literature on mental health disorders in Bangladesh to summarize the available data and identify evidence gaps.

Methods

We identified relevant literature on mental disorders within Bangladesh published between 1975 and October, 2013 through a systematic and comprehensive search. Relevant information from the selected articles was extracted and presented in tables.

Results

We identified 32 articles which met our pre-defined eligibility criteria. The reported prevalence of mental disorders varied from 6.5 to 31.0% among adults and from 13.4 to 22.9% among children. Some awareness regarding mental health disorders exists at community level. There is a negative attitude towards treatment of those affected and treatment is not a priority in health care delivery. Mental health services are concentrated around tertiary care hospitals in big cities and absent in primary care.

Conclusions

The burden of mental disorders is high in Bangladesh, yet a largely unrecognized and under-researched area. To improve the mental health services in Bangladesh, further well-designed epidemiological and clinical research are needed.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Hossain et al., licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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