Part 1 Introduction Part 1 Introduction of Health Economics Applied to Mental Health -- Chapter 1 Introduction of Mental Health Economics -- Chapter 2 Measurement of Outcomes in Health Economics -- Chapter 3 Methods for Measuring and Estimating Costs -- Chapter 4 Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Chapter 5 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis -- Chapter 6 Cost-Utility Analysis -- Chapter 7 Introduction to Statistics and Modelling Methods Applied in Health Economics -- Chapter 8 Equity and Efficiency -- Chapter 9 Ethics and Values in Welfarism and Extra-Welfarism -- Chapter 10 Health Economics as a Tool for Decision-Making in Mental Health Care -- Part 2 Health Economics Applied to the Evaluation of the Quality and Costs of Mental Health Services -- Chapter 11 Financing Mental Health in Low and Middle Income Countries: Making an Economic Case to Support Investment -- Chapter 12 Quality Indicators for Mental Health Services -- Chapter 13 Economic Data Collection: Instruments for Assessing Costs and Utilization of Health and Non-Health Services -- Chapter 14 Estimation of Costs of Psychiatric Hospitals -- Chapter 15 Estimation of Costs of Community Mental Health Services -- Chapter 16 Estimation Costs or Residential Facilities -- Chapter 17 Quantifying Informal Care for Economic Evaluation in Mental Health -- Part 3 Economic Evaluation of Treatment of Mental Disorders -- Chapter 18 Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for Anxiety and Depressive Disorders -- Chapter 19  Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for Bipolar Disorders -- Chapter 20 Cost-Effectiveness of Antipsychotics for the Treatment of Schizophrenia --  Chapter 21 Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Disorders --  Chapter 22 Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for the Treatment of Dementia Disorders -- Chapter 23 Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents -- Part 4 Health Economics, Burden and Indirect Costs of Mental Disorders -- Chapter 24 Global Mental Health: Costs, Poverty, Violence and Socio Economic Determinants of Health -- Chapter 25 The Burden and Indirect Costs of Mental Disorders -- Chapter 26 The Burden and Indirect Costs of Alcohol and Drug-Related Problems -- Chapter 27 Economic Impact of Mental Health Stigma -- Chapter 28 The Economic Impact of Mental Disorders and Mental Health Problems in the Workplace -- Chapter 29 Methods and Instruments for the Estimation of Production Changes in Economic evaluation.

The main objetive of this book is to provide a high quality content that becomes a reference for graduate courses (Mental Health, Public Health and Epidemiology) and for research in the domain of health economics applied to mental health. Also this book might be useful for policymakers on formulating mental health policies. Key messages of this book are based on: Mental illness represent a huge cost for society and for health care;  Health economics applied to mental health could help in the optimization of resource allocation for mental health care and for better decision making in terms of balancing costs and benefits;  Interventions and treatment should be also chosen in general medical practice and in public decision-policy according to cost-effectiveness, burden of disease and equity principles;  Quality of care is related with better outcomes, higher quality of life for clients, and with lower costs for society and health system;  It is possible to decrease the burden of mental disorders with cost-effective treatments. A growing interest in Health Economics applied in mental health has been noticed, especially because mental disorders have been recognized as very costly to society and health care system. However, the majority of books in this topic are oriented mainly to health managers and not for researchers and mental health professionals. There is a need of increasing capacity-building of researchers in this discipline, especially in terms of methods and measurements, and this book aims to fill this gap. Mental Health Economics aims to integrate research methods, quality of clinical interventions, evaluation of quality of care and policymaking in terms of balancing costs and benefits.