Cochrane for global mental health

Information for global mental health

BACKGROUND Information is needed for development of mental health (MH) services; and particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs), where the MH systems are relatively weak. World Health Organization (WHO) has worked intensively during the last 15 years for developing a strategy in the field of MH information. METHODS The paper analyzes WHO instruments developed in this area [MH A...

The Movement for Global Mental Health

The Movement for Global Mental Health is a coalition of individuals and institutions committed to collective actions that aim to close the treatment gap for people living with mental disorders worldwide, based on two fundamental principles: evidence on effective treatments and the human rights of people with mental disorders.

Setting priorities for global mental health research.

OBJECTIVE To set investment priorities in global mental health research and to propose a more rational use of funds in this under-resourced and under-investigated area. METHODS Members of the Lancet Mental Health Group systematically listed and scored research investment options on four broad classes of disorders: schizophrenia and other major psychotic disorders, major depressive disorder an...

Progress in Global Mental Health for Elders

A renewed agenda for global mental health.

4 years ago, The Lancet published a Series of articles highlighting the global health crisis due to an astonishingly large treatment gap: up to nine of ten people with a mental health problem do not receive even basic care in some countries. The Series showed that this gap was not due to insuffi cient evidence about the eff ect of mental health problems or their eff ective treatment, but to a r...