Mental health promotion for elderly populations in World Health Organization South-East Asia Region: Needs and resource gaps

Table 2 Availability of mental health manpower in World Health Organization South- East Asia Region Organization countries

Mental health human resources1 (per 100000 population)	India	Bangladesh	Bhutan	Indonesia	Korea	Maldives	Myanmar	Nepal	Sri Lanka	Thailand	Timor-leste
Total number of mental health professionals (government and non government)	25312	1893	5	7751	20301	27	627	413	1480	9436	45
Total mental health workers	1.93	1.17	0.64	3.00	40.13	6.45	1.20	1.44	7.14	14.36	3.63
Psychiatrists	0.29	0.13	0.51	0.31	5.79	2.39	0.38	0.36	0.52	0.99	0.08
Child psychiatrists	0	0	Not found	Not found	0.38	Not found	Not found	0.003	0.03	0.26	0.24
Geriatric psychiatrists	24	Hardly available
Other specialist doctors	0.15	0.01	Not found	Not found	Not found	Not found	Not found	Not found	1.47	1.24	Not found
Mental health nurses	0.80	0.87	0.13	2.52	13.66	Not found	0.32	0.56	3.28	6.74	1.37
Psychologists	0.07	0.12	Not found	0.17	1.59	2.15	0	0.52	0.25	0.75	0.08
Social workers	0.06	0	Not found	Not found	8.40	0.48	0.01	Not found	0.28	0.91	1.61
Occupational therapists	0.03	0	Not found	Not found	0.08	0.24	0	Not found	0.22	0.98	0.16
Speech therapists	0.17	0	Not found	Not found	Not found	1.20	Not found	Not found	0.05	0.19	0.08
Other paid mental health workers	0.36	0.03	Not found	Not found	10.21	Not found	0.47	Not found	1.04	1893.45	Not found

¹This includes trained geriatric psychiatrists only.