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Mental health services in Albania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anastas Suli
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Department of the University Hospital Centre, ‘Mother Teresa’, Tirana, and National Steering Committee for Mental Health
Ledia Lazëri
Affiliation:
WHO Country Office, Albania, and Albanian Development Centre for Mental Health, email [email protected]
Livia Nano
Affiliation:
Albanian Development Centre for Mental Health
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Albania, situated in the western Balkans, has an area of 28 748 km2 and a population of 3 069 275 (year 2001), almost one-third of whom are aged 0–14 years. Life expectancy is estimated to be 70.4 years for both sexes (World Health Organization, 2003a). According to the World Health Organization's classification, Albania is a country with low child and low adult mortality rates. The nation's total expenditure on health in 2001 amounted to 3.7% of gross domestic product.

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Institute of Statistics (2003) 1993–2001 Statistical Yearbook. Tirana: INSTAT.Google Scholar
National Steering Committee for Mental Health (2003) Policy for Mental Health Services Development in Albania.Google Scholar
World Health Organization (2003a) Atlas: Country Profiles on Mental Health Resources 2001. Geneva: WHO.Google Scholar
World Health Organization (2003b) The World Health Report 2003. Geneva: WHO.Google Scholar
World Health Organization Country Office Albania (2003) Monitoring Mental Health Systems and Services: Case Albania, circulated paper. Geneva: WHO.Google Scholar
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