The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development

V Patel, S Saxena, C Lund, G Thornicroft, F Baingana… - The lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an exponential
advance from the Millennium Development Goals, with a substantially broader agenda …

Efficacy of psychosocial interventions for mental health outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries: an umbrella review

C Barbui, M Purgato, J Abdulmalik, C Acarturk… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Mental health conditions are leading causes of disability worldwide.
Psychosocial interventions for these conditions might have a key role in their treatment …

Mental health system costs, resources and constraints in South Africa: a national survey

S Docrat, D Besada, S Cleary… - Health policy and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The inclusion of mental health in the Sustainable Development Goals represents a global
commitment to include mental health among the highest health and development priorities …

Investing for population mental health in low and middle income countries—where and why?

M Freeman - International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2022 - Springer
Background Policy makers intent on improving population mental health are required to
make fundamental decisions on where to invest resources to achieve optimal outcomes …

Community-, facility-, and individual-level outcomes of a district mental healthcare plan in a low-resource setting in Nepal: A population-based evaluation

MJD Jordans, NP Luitel, BA Kohrt, SD Rathod… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background In low-income countries, care for people with mental, neurological, and
substance use (MNS) disorders is largely absent, especially in rural settings. To increase …

Mental health financing challenges, opportunities and strategies in low-and middle-income countries: findings from the Emerald project

D Chisholm, S Docrat, J Abdulmalik, A Alem… - BJPsych …, 2019 - cambridge.org
BackgroundCurrent coverage of mental healthcare in low-and middle-income countries is
very limited, not only in terms of access to services but also in terms of financial protection of …

Scaling up mental health care and psychosocial support in low-resource settings: a roadmap to impact

MJD Jordans, BA Kohrt - Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 2020 - cambridge.org
AimsDespite recent global attention to mental health and psychosocial support services and
a growing body of evidence-support interventions, few mental health services have been …

Expanding mental health services in low-and middle-income countries: a task-shifting framework for delivery of comprehensive, collaborative, and community-based …

P Bolton, J West, C Whitney, MJD Jordans… - … Prisms: Global Mental …, 2023 - cambridge.org
This paper proposes a framework for comprehensive, collaborative, and community-based
care (C4) for accessible mental health services in low-resource settings. Because mental …

Sustainable financing mechanisms for strengthening mental health systems in Nigeria

J Abdulmalik, S Olayiwola, S Docrat, C Lund… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background and aims Current coverage of mental health care in low-and middle-income
countries is limited, not only in terms of access to services but also in terms of financial …

Developing capacity-building activities for mental health system strengthening in low-and middle-income countries for service users and caregivers, service planners …

M Semrau, A Alem, J Abdulmalik, S Docrat… - Epidemiology and …, 2018 - cambridge.org
There is increasing international recognition of the need to build capacity to strengthen
mental health systems. This is a fundamental goal of the 'Emerging mental health systems in …