Background Parents are the primary caregivers of young children. Responsive parent–child
relationships and parental support for learning during the earliest years of life are crucial for …

Executive summary The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an exponential
advance from the Millennium Development Goals, with a substantially broader agenda …

Mental health is critically important to everyone, everywhere. All over the world, mental
health needs are high but responses are insufficient and inadequate. The World mental …

Adversity in childhood is linked to mental and physical health throughout life Page 1 TOXIC
STRESS AND PTSD IN CHILDREN Adversity in childhood is linked to mental and physical …

(COVID-19) pandemic has led to huge societal public health and economic challenges
worldwide. The clinical effects of COVID-19 on young children are uncertain when …

The current management of patients with primary psychosis worldwide is often remarkably
stereotyped. In almost all cases an antipsychotic medication is prescribed, with second …

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Early childhood development programmes vary in coordination and quality, with inadequate
and inequitable access, especially for children younger than 3 years. New estimates, based …

Building on long-term benefits of early intervention (Paper 2 of this Series) and increasing
commitment to early childhood development (Paper 1 of this Series), scaled up support for …

Observational data collected prior to the pandemic (between 2004 and 2019) were used to
simulate the potential consequences of early childhood care and education (ECCE) service …