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Psychiatry in Spain

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Juan J. López-Ibor  and
Blanca Reneses
Juan J. López-Ibor
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health, San Carlos Complutense University, Madrid, Spain, email jli@lopez-ibor.com
Blanca Reneses
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health, San Carlos Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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Spain covers an area of some 506 000 km2 and has a population of just over 41 million. It is a high-income country (according to World Bank criteria) and devotes 7.5% of its gross domestic product to health.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 2 , Issue 9 , July 2005 , pp. 8 - 10
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References

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Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo (1996) Guía de Formación de Especialistas [Guide to the Formation of Specialties] (3rd edn). Madrid.Google Scholar
Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo (2003) Informe de Situación de Salud Mental. [Information on the Mental Health Situation.] Madrid: Observatorio del Sistema Nacional de Salud. See http://www.msc.es/Diseno/informacionProfesional/profesional_observatorioSNS.htm Google Scholar
Reneses, B. (2003) Planificación de los Servicios Psiquiátricos en España. [Planning of psychiatric services in Spain.] In Tratado de Psiquiatría [Textbook of Psychiatry] (eds Gelder, M., López-Ibor, J. J. & Andreasen, N.), Vol. III. Barcelona: Ars Médica.Google Scholar

Further reading

López-Ibor, J. J., Leal, C. & Carbonell, C. (2004) Images of Spanish Psychiatry. Madrid: Editorial Glosa.Google Scholar
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