Summary Background The WHO Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2030
encourages routine collection and reporting of a set of essential mental health indicators …

Background Population-representative prevalence data for mental, neurological, and
substance use disorders are essential for evidence-based decision making. As a …

The objective of this study was to assess international trends in antipsychotic use, using a
standardised methodology. A repeated cross-sectional design was applied to data extracts …

Substance use in young people (aged 10–24 years) might disrupt key periods of transition
that occur as the adolescent brain undergoes cognitive and emotional development, and …

The rapid emergence since the mid-2000s of a large and diverse range of substances
originally designed as legal alternatives to more established illicit drugs (pragmatically …

Objective: To examine changes in annual patterns of psychotropic medication use in
Australia from 2007 to 2015. Methods: We used a 10% sample of individual-level nationwide …

Objective: This study examined longitudinal trends in the dispensing of psychotropic
medications in Australia from January 2000 to December 2011. Method: Dispensing data for …

Summary Background The China Mental Health Survey was set up in 2012 to do a
nationally representative survey with consistent methodology to investigate the prevalence …

BackgroundIncreasing rates of prescriptions for antidepressants, antipsychotics and
stimulants have been reported from various countries. AimsTo examine trends in …

Background Mental disorders are major causes of disability worldwide, including in the low-
income and middle-income countries least able to bear such burdens. We describe mental …