Newly included in this volume is a section on epidemiology within the profiles of all low and middle income countries. It shows that mental health resources within most countries remain inadequate despite modest improvments since 2001.

The Mental Health Atlas project was initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to map mental health resources globally and to provide an up-to-date overview of mental health system profiles in different countries and regions.

This collaborative ATLAS project is a systematic attempt to collect information from countries around the world on existing services and resources relating to child and adolescent mental health services.

Collects together data compiled from 177 World Health Organization Member States/Countries on mental health care.

"Atlas is a project of the World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters, Geneva..." "Mental Health Atlas 2014 is the latest in a series of publications that first appeared in 2001, with subsequent updates published in 2005 and 2011.