June 21, 2004
In Print Photo by Graham Ramsay From Focus: Largest International Mental Health Survey Finds Widespread Illness, Checkered Treatment In the largest study of its kind ever undertaken, the WHO World Mental Health Consortium, headed by Ronald Kessler, has found that the proportion of mentally ill people who receive treatment is woefully inadequate. The survey, carried out in 14 countries across the globe, also revealed that as many as 85 percent of those with severe mental illness are not being treated at all, while many who are receiving treatment have no mental illness.   Publications Online BBS Bulletin Focus HMI World HSTconnector MD-PhD Newsletter MedEd News Mentations On The Brain   Related Links InteliHealth Harvard Health Publications		Headlines Drug May Protect Against Brain Injury and Seizures in Newborns Research Finds U.S. Lags Far Behind Scores of Countries Globally in Guaranteeing Working Conditions that Support Working Families Lab Works A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research		Spotlight Photo by Moshe Jakubowski MD-PhD Dinner Honors Graduating Students Among the 15 graduating MD-PhD's honored at the program's annual spring dinner was Samuel Katz (left), shown above being congratulated by program director Christopher A. Walsh. Student Scene Photo by Liza Green, HMS Media Services Class Day on the Quad A photo gallery of the June 10 Class Day shows graduates of HMS and HSDM, with links to coverage of the student speeches and keynote address. At left is HMS grad Catherine Chu.

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