We call for the global health community, governments, donors, multilateral agencies, and
other mental health stakeholders, such as professional bodies and consumer groups, to …

Mental disorders constitute a huge global burden of disease, and there is a large treatment
gap, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. One response to this issue has …

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 …

A little over a year ago, The Lancet published a Series of five articles on Global Mental
Health that documented the current evidence for global mental health, with a focus on low …

Resources for mental health include policy and infrastructure within countries, mental health
services, community resources, human resources, and funding. We discuss here the general …

Despite the publication of high-profile reports and promising activities in several countries,
progress in mental health service development has been slow in most low-income and …

The large and increasing burden of mental and substance use disorders, its association with
social disadvantage and decreased economic output, and the substantial treatment gaps …

A burgeoning mental health crisis is emerging globally, regardless of each country's human
resources or spending. We argue that effectively responding to this crisis is impeded by the …

Growing international evidence shows that mental ill health and poverty interact in a
negative cycle in low-income and middle-income countries. However, little is known about …

This Series paper describes the first systematic effort to review the unmet mental health
needs of adults in China and India. The evidence shows that contact coverage for the most …