The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development

The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development A decade on from the 2007 Lancet Series on global mental health, which sought to transform the way policy makers thought about global health, a Lancet Commission aims to seize the opportunity offered by the Sustainable Development Goals to consider future directions for global mental health. The Commission proposes that the global mental agenda should be expanded from a focus on reducing the treatment gap to improving the mental health of whole populations and reducing the global burden of mental disorders by addressing gaps in prevention and quality of care. The Commission outlines a blueprint for action to promote mental wellbeing, prevent mental health problems, and enable recovery from mental disorders.

See also:

• Matt Hancock calls for world to unite in responding to the challenge of mental health Department of Health and Social Care
• World in mental health crisis of 'monumental suffering', say experts The Guardian
• UK must double mental health spending as global bill expected to top £12trillion by 2030, landmark report warns The Independent