More than 85% of the world's population lives in 153 low-income and middle-income
countries (LAMICs). Although country-level information on mental health systems has …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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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 …

On the “About the journal” page of its website, The Lancet Global Health explains that its
focus is on” disadvantaged populations, be they whole economic regions or marginalised …

About 14% of the global burden of disease has been attributed to neuropsychiatric
disorders, mostly due to the chronically disabling nature of depression and other common …

A challenge faced by many countries is to provide adequate human resources for delivery of
essential mental health interventions. The overwhelming worldwide shortage of human …