Overview

 Seven good reasons for Integrating mental health into primary care:

• The burden of mental disorders is great.
• Mental and physical health problems are interwoven.
• The treatment gap for mental disorders is enormous.
• Primary care for mental health enhances access.
• Primary care for mental health promotes respect of human rights.
• Primary care for mental health is affordable and cost effective.
• Primary care for mental health generates good health outcomes.

(taken from Integrating mental health into primary care: A global perspective, World Health Organization and World Organization of Family Doctors, 2008)