Countries Lag in Treating Mental Illness, W.H.O. Says — “Globally, countries do a poor

job of treating depression and other mental and

brain disorders, leaving most of the 450 million people

afflicted without even basic help, the World Health

Organization says in a new study.

Governments devote paltry sums — less than 1 percent

of their health budgets in 66 percent of the countries

surveyed — to mental illness and brain disorders,

according to the report, Mental Health: New

Understanding, New Hope.” New York Times [name: “FMHreader”, password: “FMHreader”]