Epidemiology of Mental Disorders and Access to Care – EZOP Poland

The purpose of the Project is to improve knowledge of the prevalence of selected mental disorders, with the overall objective of improving access to mental health services in Poland. Reference is made to the application dated 8 November 2007 and any subsequent correspondence with the Focal Point. The completed Project shall include the following activities and results: - install and implement scientific and administrative management and promotion systems, - pilot survey (interviews and analysis of pilot survey results), and development of the final version of the survey instrument (data bases), - training of interviewers in the use of the survey instruments, - survey (interviews), including statistical analysis and drafting publication. - publicity, and - dissemination of results (scientific articles, monographed book and articles in popular press). The Project Promoter is the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw. The Focal Point shall ensure that the Polish Ministry of Health provides at least 15 percent of the estimated eligible Project costs. Subject to national law the Project shall be implemented in partnership with Psykiatrisk Institute Vinderen - Oslo University, Norway; the Department and Clinic of Psychiatry, Medical Academy Wroclaw, Poland; and the National Institute of Hygiene , Warsaw.