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Ghana. 
WHO Region - African Region. 
What is the burden of mental disorders (in DALYs) - 8.5% of DALY lost (WHO, 2006).
Income group - lower middle income country. 
Suicide rate - 15 - 20% of sufferer may commit suicide. 
What is the estimated mental health spending per capita (US$)? - $0.01. Services were significantly underfunded with only 1.4% of the health expenditure going to mental health, and spending very much skewed towards urban areas. 
How many psychiatrists are there per 100,000 population? - There were 123 mental health outpatient facilities, 3 psychiatric hospitals, 7 community based psychiatric inpatient units, 4 community residential facilities and 1 day treatment centre, which is well below what would be expected for Ghana’s economic status.
There were an estimated 2.4 million people with mental health problems of which 67,780 (ie 2.8%) received treatment in 2011. The were 18 psychiatrists, 1,068 Registered Mental Nurses, 19 psychologists, 72 Community Mental Health Officers and 21 social workers working in mental health which is unbalanced with an unbalanced emphasis on nurses compared to what would be expected.

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WHO Region: SEAR
DALYS: 2,443
Income group: Lower middle-income
Suicide rate per 100,000: 21.1
Est spending per capita: N/A
Psychiatrists per 100,00: 0.30
Psychiatric nurses per 100,000: 0.12
Treated severe mental disorders: N/A

Alice Houldsworth

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WHO Region: SEAR
DALYS: 3,235
Income group: Upper middle-income
Suicide rate: N/A
Est spending per capita: $1.17 million
Psychiatrists per 100,00: 0.87
Psychiatric nurses per 100,000: 4.46
Treated severe mental disorders per 100,000: 2792.5

Alice Houldsworth

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WHO Region: WBR
WB Income group: High Income
Psychiatrists per 100,000: 2.3%
Psychiatric nurses per 100,000: 10.4
Proportion of MH budget:  6.1%
Presence of Mental Health legislation /policy or program: Yes
Expenditure on Health:  4.3%
Rate of DALYS per 100,000 people: 4326
Suicide per 100,000 people: 10.28%
Total mental health beds: 6.1%

Retrieved from Jacob et al., (2007)
Akinyange Vanessa

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WHO Region AFR
WB Income group: Low Income
Psychiatrists per 100 000 : 1.6
Psychiatric nurses per 100,00: 2
Proportion of MH budget: 0.7%
Presence of Mental Health legislation, policy or program: Yes
Expenditure on health: 7.3%
Rate of DALYs 100,000 p'le: 2575.86%
Suicide per 100,000 p'le: 2.01%
Total mental health beds: 0.44

Retrieved from Jacob et al., (2007
Akinyange Vanessa

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WHO Region AFR
2370 DALYs/100000 pop
Group: Low income
Suicide rate: 5.6/100000
MH spending per capita : NA
Psychiatrist: 0.03/100000
Treatment case for severe Mental disorder 1.3/100000
Ben Olubaju

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Nigeria
WHO region: AFR
1987 DALYs/100,000 pop
Group: Lower middle income
Suicide rate 6.5/100000
MH spending Per capita NA
Psychiatrist 0.1/100000
Treated case for severe Mental disorder 3.3/100000
Ben Olubaju

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WHO region: AFR
3191 DALYs/100,000 pop
Group:  Upper Middle Income
Suicide rate: 3/100,000
Mental Health spending per capita : NA
Psychiatrist : 0.4/100,000 population
Treated case for severe mental disorder: NA

Linda Nyamute

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WHO region: AMR
3110 DALYs/100,000 pop
Group: High Income
Suicide rate: 13/100,000
Mental Health spending per capita : NA
Psychiatrist : 4.66/100,000 population
Treated case for severe mental disorder: 1771.9/100,000 population

Linda Nyamute

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-WHO region: WPR
-3,089 DALYs/100,000 pop
-Lower Middle Income
-suicide rate: 8.8/100,000
-MH spending per capita : NA
-Psychiatrist : 0.03/100,000 pop
-Treated case for severe mental disorder: 61.5/100,000
Pongsakorn Lengdee

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-WHO region: WPR
-2,942 DALYs/100,000 pop
-Upper Middle Income
-suicide rate:2.6/100,000
-MH spending per capita : NA
-Psychiatrist : 0.8/100,000 pop
-Treated case for severe mental disorder: 41.5/100,000
Pongsakorn Lengdee

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Switzerland•WHO Region    EUR•DALYs  4,055 DALYs/100'000 pop•High Income Group•Suicide rate   9.2•MH spending per capita $9,276•No. of psychiatrists/100,000 population? :  N/A•Treated cases per 100 000 population for severe mental disorders:   N/ASilvia Sangare

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Switzerland•WHO Region    EUR•DALYs  4,055 DALYs/100'000 pop•High Income Group•Suicide rate   9.2•MH spending per capita $9,276•No. of psychiatrists/100,000 population? :  N/A•Treated cases per 100 000 population for severe mental disorders:   N/ASilvia Sangare

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Western Pacific Region

3026 DALYs/ 100,000 pop

High Income

Suicide: 28.9/100,000

MH spending per capita: $44.81

No. of Psychiatrists: Not reported

Treated cases for severe mental disorders: 1305.7/100,000

Georgina Pike

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America

3400 DALYs/ 100,000 pop

Upper Middle Income group

Suicide: 3.2/100,000

MH spending per capita: $1.96

No. of Psychiatrists: 0.76/ 100,000

Treated cases for severe mental disorders: 565/100,000

Georgina Pike

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WHO Region - African Region.

What is the burden of mental disorders (in DALYs) - 8.5% of DALY lost (WHO, 2006).

Income group - lower middle income country.

Suicide rate - 15 - 20% of sufferer may commit suicide.

What is the estimated mental health spending per capita (US$)? - $0.01. Services were significantly underfunded with only 1.4% of the health expenditure going to mental health, and spending very much skewed towards urban areas.

How many psychiatrists are there per 100,000 population? - There were 123 mental health outpatient facilities, 3 psychiatric hospitals, 7 community based psychiatric inpatient units, 4 community residential facilities and 1 day treatment centre, which is well below what would be expected for Ghana’s economic status.

There were an estimated 2.4 million people with mental health problems of which 67,780 (ie 2.8%) received treatment in 2011. The were 18 psychiatrists, 1,068 Registered Mental Nurses, 19 psychologists, 72 Community Mental Health Officers and 21 social workers working in mental health which is unbalanced with an unbalanced emphasis on nurses compared to what would be expected.

Rita Quainoo.

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Europe

3285 DALYs/100,000 pop

High income

Suicide: 14/100,000

MH spending per capita: $151.21

No. of psychiatrists - not reported

Treated cases of severe mental disorder: 718.6/100,000

Claire Norman

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Eastern Mediterranean Region

2430 DALYs/100,000 pop

LMIC

Suicide: 9.3/100,000

MH spending per capita: $0.01

No. of psychiatrists - not reported

Treated cases of severe mental disorder: 202.2/100,000

Claire Norman

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America

3,525 DALYS per 100,000pop

Upper Middle-Income Country

Suicide rate: 5.4 per 100,000pop

Mental Health spending of $533 per person

2.5 psychiatrists per 100,000pop

371.3 treated cases per 100,000pop

Julien

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Europe

3310 DALYS/100,000pop

High Income Country

Suicide rate: 14.2/100,000pop

Mental Health spending of $5,093 per person

20.3 psychiatrists per 100,000pop

262.2 treated cases per 100,000pop

Julien