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Grand challenges in global mental health

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A consortium of researchers, advocates and clinicians announces here research priorities for improving the lives of people with mental illness around the world, and calls for urgent action and investment.

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  1. On behalf of the Scientific Advisory Board and the Executive Committee of the Grand Challenges on Global Mental Health.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Pamela Y. Collins Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Maryland, USA.,

    Pamela Y. Collins

  2. Vikram Patel, Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine UK, Sangath, Goa, India.,

    Vikram Patel

  3. Sarah S. Joestl, Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, USA.,

    Sarah S. Joestl

  4. Dana March, Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, USA.,

    Dana March

  5. Thomas R. Insel, National Institute of Mental Health, USA.,

    Thomas R. Insel

  6. Abdallah S. Daar, University of Toronto and McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto, Canada, and Chair, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases.,

    Abdallah S. Daar

  7. Isabel A. Bordin is at the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.,

    Isabel A. Bordin

  8. E. Jane Costello is at Duke University, USA.,

    E. Jane Costello

  9. Maureen Durkin is at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, USA.,

    Maureen Durkin

  10. Christopher Fairburn is at the University of Oxford, UK.,

    Christopher Fairburn

  11. Roger I. Glass is at the Fogarty International Center, USA.,

    Roger I. Glass

  12. Wayne Hall is at the University of Queensland, Australia.,

    Wayne Hall

  13. Yueqin Huang is at the Institute of Mental Health of Peking University and National Center for Mental Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China.,

    Yueqin Huang

  14. Steven E. Hyman is at Harvard University, USA.,

    Steven E. Hyman

  15. Kay Jamison is at Johns Hopkins University, USA.,

    Kay Jamison

  16. Sylvia Kaaya is at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania.,

    Sylvia Kaaya

  17. Shitij Kapur is at King's College London, UK.,

    Shitij Kapur

  18. Arthur Kleinman is at Harvard University, USA.,

    Arthur Kleinman

  19. Adesola Ogunniyi is at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.,

    Adesola Ogunniyi

  20. Angel Otero-Ojeda is at Cayetano Heredia University, Peru.,

    Angel Otero-Ojeda

  21. Mu-Ming Poo is at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.,

    Mu-Ming Poo

  22. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath is at the Indian Institute of Science, India.,

    Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath

  23. Barbara J. Sahakian is at the University of Cambridge, UK.,

    Barbara J. Sahakian

  24. Shekhar Saxena is at the World Health Organization, Switzerland.,

    Shekhar Saxena

  25. Peter A. Singer is at the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Canada.,

    Peter A. Singer

  26. Dan J. Stein is at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.,

    Dan J. Stein

  27. Warwick Anderson is at the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia.,

    Warwick Anderson

  28. Muhammad A. Dhansay is at the Medical Research Council, South Africa.,

    Muhammad A. Dhansay

  29. Wendy Ewart is at the Medical Research Council, UK.,

    Wendy Ewart

  30. Anthony Phillips is at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada.,

    Anthony Phillips

  31. Susan Shurin is at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, USA.,

    Susan Shurin

  32. Mark Walport is at the Wellcome Trust, UK.,

    Pamela Y. Collins, Vikram Patel, Sarah S. Joestl, Dana March, Thomas R. Insel, Abdallah S. Daar & Mark Walport

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