Since WHO's inaugural 2001 report our understanding of the epidemiology and experience
of poor mental health has improved because of increased research and better data. 1 2 3 …

The global burden of disease is shifting rapidly from infectious disease to chronic non-
infectious disease, with mental and substance use disorders the leading cause of years lost …

The scale of the global challenge posed by men-tal illness has become increasingly clear in
recent years. 1 The inadequacy of our international response is only now apparent with the …

Simon Wessely: “Every time we have a mental health awareness week my spirits sink” | The
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Government policies are beginning to change the ethos of mental health care in Britain. The
new commitment to tackling the links between poverty, unemployment, and mental illness …

The United Nations will soon decide what will follow its millennium development goals,
which expire in 2015. The case for including mental health among the new sustainable …

Underfunded mental healthcare in the NHS: the cycle of preventable distress continues | The
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Despite legislation to harmonise mental health practice throughout Europe and
convergence in systems of training there remains an extraordinary diversity in psychiatric …

When we use the term “mental illness,” not “brain illness,” do we put our patients in harm's
way? This is an appropriate time to ask, because it has become apparent in recent years …

In January 2005 the Mental Health Declaration for Europe and the Mental Health Action
Plan for Europe were endorsed by the ministers of health of the 52 member states in the …