Fourth Quarter 2001 Newsletter (Last Updated On: ) Project Atlas To provide information about the current status of mental health systems and to highlight the great variations among countries, WHO collected basic information from 181 countries for a “Project Atlas of Mental Health Resources.” This important survey revealed that roughly four out of ten countries have no defined mental health policy; approximately one-third have no drug and alcohol policy; one-third have no specific budget for mental health and half of the remainder allocate under 1% of their public health budget to mental health. One-third of the countries reporting had no mental health program at all. WHO finds the lack of policy related to children and adolescents particularly significant. Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, WHO Director-General, speech at the Council for Mental Health Seminar, Oslo, Norway, 11 December 2001. See www.who.int/director-general/speeches/index.html World Health Report 2001, Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope. Geneva, WHO 2001. To order, email [email protected] World Development Report 1993: Investing in Health. New York, Oxford University Press for the World Bank, 1993. Fourth Quarter 2001 Newsletter