Background The poor physical health of people with mental illness is a multifaceted,
transdiagnostic, and global problem. People with mental illness have an increased risk of …

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 …

We argue that the global burden of mental illness is underestimated and examine the
reasons for under-estimation to identify five main causes: overlap between psychiatric and …

Sustainable development cannot be achieved without the inclusion of mental health as a
key global priority. 1, 2 Until recently the international community had not mobilised the …

Globally, too many people die prematurely from suicide and the physical comorbidities
associated with mental illness and mental distress. The purpose of this Review is to mobilise …

The recent turmoil in response to police brutality against Black communities in the USA and
western countries has led the American Psychological Association to define racism as a …

Background Despite increased rates of physical health problems in people with
schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other psychotic illnesses, the temporal relationship …

The recognition of the relationship between socio-structural challenges and poor mental
health outcomes has recently taken centre stage in global health debates. Both the Lancet …

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 …

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