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Summary And Analysis: Mental Health Infrastructure In Ulaanbaatar, Mini Saraswati
Summary And Analysis: Mental Health Infrastructure In Ulaanbaatar, Mini Saraswati
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Questions about the mind have been asked by a variety of peoples and cultures throughout the ages. While fields of psychiatry and psychology have developed in an effort to address these questions, the issue of how to best handle the mentally ill within the framework of society is ultimately a political one. While there has been work done in mapping the attitudes towards mental health, the level of awareness about mental health issues, and the quality of treatment in different institutions, little is known about these topics in a newly developing country like Mongolia. Much of the research on how …