This article briefs the role of Lancet–World Psychiatric Association commission in reducing
the global burden of depression. Depression prevents people from reaching their full …

Executive summary “Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive
in the way it becomes known to the self—to the mediating intellect—as to verge close to …

WHO estimate that by the beginning of the next century major unipolar depression will be
one of the most important causes of ill health overall. Whereas the cause of depression is …

Background Depression is an important public-health problem, and one of the leading
causes of disease burden worldwide. Depression is often comorbid with other chronic …

Depression rates in young people have risen sharply in the past decade, especially in
females, which is of concern because adolescence is a period of rapid social, emotional …

Depressive disorders are common, costly, have a strong effect on quality of life, and are
associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Effective treatments are available …

In today's Lancet, Oye Gureje and colleagues1 add to the growing epidemiological literature
on mental illness in Africa. They identified high rates of current and lifetime depressive …

Comment www. thelancet. com Vol 387 June 4, 2016 2275 and support. Two new platforms
were launched to bring organisations together under the banner of mental health: mhNOW …

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 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 …