Global Health
Reports
2017
Mar
30
Past Event
Spurring private investment in health R&D around the world
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Washington, DC
2017
Mar
21
Past Event
U.S. perspectives on strengthening bilateral health relationships
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New Delhi, India
2015
Apr
7
Past Event
Disruptive innovations in diabetes care from around the world
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Washington, DC
Homi Kharas
Senior Fellow and Co-Director - Global Economy and Development
Darrell M. West
Vice President and Director - Governance Studies
Founding Director - Center for Technology Innovation
John Villasenor
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation
[In North Korea], psychiatric conditions are often considered to be the patient's fault and a source of deep shame for for friends and family. Psychiatric conditions are also inextricably tied to politics and ultimately the country's caste system, known as "songbun".
Mental health and politics have become conflated. If you come from a questionable line in terms of your political loyalty, then it's sometimes believed that you're more prone toward mental health disorders than you are if you come from a revolutionary line.