Some of these barriers exist at the policy level, and may occur when there is a lack of adequate mental health policies and legislation, budgets are insufficient or where there is procedural discrimination against persons with mental disorders, in terms of limited or lack of health insurance. Other barriers are found at the level of the health system and include: difficulties in releasing resources from the large institutions (which absorb the greater part of the available funding), resulting in under investment in community-based services; lack of integration of mental health services with the general health system; lack of integration between mental health and social care systems, including poor co-ordination with housing, welfare and employment services; lack of co-ordinated partnership working between statutory and non-statutory mental health services, including the voluntary and independent sectors; and inadequate training of staff across systems (WHO, 2001).
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