Is there place for mental health?

By Gon�alo Figueiredo Augusto

When I finished my medical degree, I wrote a final dissertation on the prevention of suicide among adolescents. The subject was not popular at all, comparing with my colleagues? works on cancer, heart disease and other pathologies, but the dissertation could make a difference. If we look from a global health perspective, we quickly realize the absence of attention given to mental health issues. So the question is: is there place for mental health in global health initiatives?

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Gon�alo Figueiredo Augusto is a PhD student in Global Health at the Lisbon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ? New University of Lisbon. He graduated from the University of Lisbon in Medicine. His main focus areas in global health are programs of HIV education, maternal and child health and reproductive health.

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