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 …

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 …

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 …

Background The tenure of the Millennium Development Goals formally expires in 2015 and
will be replaced with a new development agenda. The MDGs did not include goals or targets …

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 global lifetime prevalence of mental disorders is between 12.2% and 48.6%, 1 while the
burden of disease attributable to neuropsychiatric disorders is more than 13%. 2 Over 70 …

Colin Mathers who leads the Global Burden of Disease group in WHO has confirmed that, in
the 2004 GBD, 13.1% of global Daily Adjusted Life Years are attributable to mental or …