Recalling further United Nations General Assembly resolution 65/95, which recognized that
mental health problems are of major importance to all societies and are significant …

Recalling further United Nations General Assembly resolution 65/95, which recognized that
mental health problems are of major importance to all societies and are significant …

This is the first in a series of four papers examining mental health and the global agenda.
The series as a whole addresses three broad themes. First, there are significant …

Summary The World Health Organization recognizes the urgent need for action in reducing
the burden of mental disorders worldwide, and in enhancing the capacity of Member States …

Background The United Nations (UN) is negotiating the Post-2015 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), the predecessors of the Millennium Development Goals …

Given the substantial contribution of mental disorders to the global burden of disease (see
Table 1 and Box 1), the critical importance of mental health in the development of human …

The United Nations Millennium Declaration,[2] adopted by the UN General Assembly in
September 2000, set out “certain fundamental values”–freedom, equality, solidarity …

Currently the United Nations are negotiating the next generation of global development
goals: the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for the Post 2015 agenda. The …

Mental disorders are much more common among the poor and they, in turn, increase
poverty. A substantial proportion of poor, homeless people have mental and substance use …

The process towards and the adoption of the 2030 Global agenda for sustainable
development has enabled mental health to finally emerge as an international priority to …