Vikram Patel and Shekhar Saxena, with Mary De Silva and Chiara Samele
To treat mental health challenges as a global human concern and to prioritize mental health access by undertaking policy decisions that are proven to be humanly and economically cost-effective.
KEY MESSAGES
WHAT: To position mental health as a global health priority and to describe innovations that expand access to effective mental health treatment and care.
WHY: To reduce the global human and economic cost of mental health problems by providing equitable and evidence-based mental healthcare and treatment.
HOW: Six key policy actions, illustrated by a number of innovative solutions, based on a set of cross-cutting principles with specific steps to implement these at scale.