Global mental health

Global mental health is the international perspective on different aspects of mental health.^[1] It is 'the area of study, research and practice that places a priority on improving mental health and achieving equity in mental health for all people worldwide'.^[2] There is a growing body of criticism of the global mental health movement, and has been widely criticised as a neo-colonial or "missionary" project and as primarily a front for pharmaceutical companies seeking new clients for psychiatric drugs.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

In theory, taking into account cultural differences and country-specific conditions, it deals with the epidemiology of mental disorders in different countries, their treatment options, mental health education, political and financial aspects, the structure of mental health care systems, human resources in mental health, and human rights issues among others.

The overall aim of the field of global mental health is to strengthen mental health all over the world by providing information about the mental health situation in all countries, and identifying mental health care needs in order to develop cost-effective interventions to meet those specific needs.^[9]^[10]^[11]

^ Sorel E, ed. (2012). "21st Century Global Mental Health". www.jblearning.com. Jones & Bartlett Learning. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
^ Patel V, Prince M (May 2010). "Global mental health: a new global health field comes of age". JAMA. 303 (19): 1976–7. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.616. PMC 3432444. PMID 20483977.
^ Suman F (2010). Mental health, race and culture (3rd ed.). Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230212718. OCLC 455800587.
^ Ethan W (2011). Crazy like us. London. ISBN 9781849015776. OCLC 751584971.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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^ Suman F (11 April 2014). Mental health worldwide : culture, globalization and development. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire. ISBN 9781137329585. OCLC 869802072.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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^ Movement for Global Mental Health Newsletter Archived 2018-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. May 2014.
^ Prince M, Patel V, Saxena S, Maj M, Maselko J, Phillips MR, Rahman A (September 2007). "No health without mental health". Lancet. 370 (9590): 859–77. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61238-0. PMID 17804063. S2CID 32695269.
^ Saxena S, Thornicroft G, Knapp M, Whiteford H (September 2007). "Resources for mental health: scarcity, inequity, and inefficiency". Lancet. 370 (9590): 878–89. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61239-2. PMID 17804062. S2CID 8916770.
^ Chisholm D, Flisher AJ, Lund C, Patel V, Saxena S, Thornicroft G, Tomlinson M (October 2007). "Scale up services for mental disorders: a call for action". Lancet. 370 (9594): 1241–52. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61242-2. PMID 17804059. S2CID 21045215.

[1] Sorel E, ed. (2012). "21st Century Global Mental Health". www.jblearning.com. Jones & Bartlett Learning. Retrieved 2020-03-26.

[2] Patel V, Prince M (May 2010). "Global mental health: a new global health field comes of age". JAMA. 303 (19): 1976–7. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.616. PMC 3432444. PMID 20483977.

[3] Suman F (2010). Mental health, race and culture (3rd ed.). Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230212718. OCLC 455800587.

[4] Ethan W (2011). Crazy like us. London. ISBN 9781849015776. OCLC 751584971.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[6] Suman F (11 April 2014). Mental health worldwide : culture, globalization and development. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire. ISBN 9781137329585. OCLC 869802072.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[8] Movement for Global Mental Health Newsletter Archived 2018-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. May 2014.

[9] Prince M, Patel V, Saxena S, Maj M, Maselko J, Phillips MR, Rahman A (September 2007). "No health without mental health". Lancet. 370 (9590): 859–77. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61238-0. PMID 17804063. S2CID 32695269.

[10] Saxena S, Thornicroft G, Knapp M, Whiteford H (September 2007). "Resources for mental health: scarcity, inequity, and inefficiency". Lancet. 370 (9590): 878–89. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61239-2. PMID 17804062. S2CID 8916770.

[11] Chisholm D, Flisher AJ, Lund C, Patel V, Saxena S, Thornicroft G, Tomlinson M (October 2007). "Scale up services for mental disorders: a call for action". Lancet. 370 (9594): 1241–52. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61242-2. PMID 17804059. S2CID 21045215.

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