Yet, less-developed countries in particular face a high treatment gap, meaning most people with a mental disorder do not receive any treatment at all and often face isolation, discrimination and violations of their human rights (Kohn et al. Most recent research indicates that this impact may even be an underestimate (Vigo et al. This makes mental illness a major challenge to any health system, and mental health a clear issue for development in low- and middle-income countries and in high-income countries (WHO World Mental Health Survey Consortium, 2004). Despite the MDG's success in reducing the overall health gap between rich and poor countries, and considerable achievements for infectious diseases such as malaria or HIV/AIDS, this last generation of development goals did not include any reference to mental illness, despite the global impact of these conditions, and their cross-cutting impact on eight of the MDGs.Īs the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 found, mental and substance use disorders had increased over the preceding 3 years to account for 11% of DALYs (as compared with 7.8% in 2010) (GBD 2013 DALYs and HALE Collaborators, 2015), and these disorders alone accounted for 21.2% of YLDs worldwide in 2013 (Global Burden of Disease Study Collaborators, 2015).
The need for a global initiative to strengthen mental health in the SDGsįor the past 15 years, from the inception of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to their target year of 2015, the situation for mental health has been bleak in global development.
Thara, Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), Chennai, India, Professor Graham Thornicroft, Centre for Global Mental Health, King's College London, Mr Chris Underhill, BasicNeeds, Professor Robert Van Voren, Mental Health in Human Rights (F-GIP), Ms Nicole Votruba, #FundaMentalSDG Co-ordinator. Pike, Executive Director & Scientific Co-Director, Global Mental Health Program, Columbia University, Dr Shoba Raja, BasicNeeds, Bangalore, India, Professor Benedetto Saraceno, Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform, Professor Norman Sartorius, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Dr Shekhar Saxena, Technical Advisor, Professor Paul Summergrad, President, American Psychiatric Association Chairman, Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Professor Ezra Susser, Columbia University, New York, USA, Dr R. †The FundaMentalSDG Steering Group: Dr Florence Baingana, Makerere University School of Public Health, Professor Dinesh Bhugra, President, World Psychiatric Association, Dr Julian Eaton, CBM, Togo, Ms Kathryn Goetzke, iFred, The International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression, Professor Oye Gureje, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Dr Gabriel Ivbijaro, World Federation for Mental Health, Mr Jagannath Lamichhane, Movement for Global Mental Health, Professor Crick Lund, University of Cape Town, Ms Jess McQuail, BasicNeeds, Professor Harry Minas, Melbourne University, International Mental Health Centre, Dr Juliet Nakku, Makerere University/Butabika National Hospital, Ms Tina Ntulo, BasicNeeds Foundation Uganda, Professor Vikram Patel, Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Sangath and the Public Health Foundation of India, India, Professor Kathleen M.
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