Diversity in Global Mental Health Gender, Lifespan, Access to Care,

Mental illness occurs in all communities, regardless of social status, gender, race, or culture. Despite this, research in mental health historically has been biased towards Western-centric heterosexual male models of disease. Many models of service have

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Sabine Bährer-Kohler Blanca Bolea-Alamanac   Editors

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Sabine Bährer-Kohler  •  Blanca Bolea-Alamanac Editors

Diversity in Global Mental Health Gender, Lifespan, Access to Care, Treatment and Social Strata

Editors Sabine Bährer-Kohler Dr. Bährer-Kohler & Partners Basel, Switzerland International University of Catalonia Tropical Neurology and Neuroinfection Master Barcelona, Spain

Blanca Bolea-Alamanac Centre for Addiction and Mental Health University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada

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