Global Mental Health

Global health is an area for study, research and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. Global mental health is the application of these principles to the domain of mental ill-health. The most striking inequity is that concerning the disparities in provision of care and respect for human rights of people living with mental health problems (MHP) between rich and poor countries. Low and middle income countries (LMIC) are home to over 80% of the global population, but command less than 20% of the share of the mental health resources. The consequent 'treatment gap' is in itself a contravention of basic human rights. Even where treatment is provided, far too often this falls far below minimum acceptable standards. Failure to provide basic necessities such as adequate nourishment, clothing, shelter, comfort and privacy, and the administration of unauthorized and unmonitored detention, shackling and chaining are all well documented abuses, described recently as a 'failure of humanity'.The emergence of the discipline of global mental health as one of the most dynamic fields of global health underscores the need for this textbook for students of the discipline. Global mental health was cited by the NIMH Director in his 2012 year-ending blog as one of the major advances in mental health in 2012 and by one of the most influential figures in psychiatry and anthropology, Arthur Kleinman, as the exciting future of academic psychiatry (Br J Psychiatry, December 2012). The scope of the book is to cover two major aspects of the field: its scientific foundations and its practice and opens with an original account charting the history of the field from antiquity to its most recent developments. The language and content is geared towards a wide audience of practitioners and students of global mental health, including those who do not have any previous training in a clinical mental health specialty. This textbook, edited by four of the field's most widely acknowledged champions, with 20 chapters authored by over 30 global leaders of the field from diverse institutions and countries, is aimed to be the definitive text of this dynamic new discipline.

ContributorsPrefacePrinciples of Global Mental HealthChapter 1: A Brief History of Global Mental HealthAlex CohenChapter 2: Disorders, Diagnosis and ClassificationOye Gureje and Dan J. SteinChapter 3: Culture and Global Mental HealthLaurence J. Kirmayer and Leslie SwartzChapter 4: Cross-cultural research methods and practiceMartin J. PrinceChapter 5: The Epidemiology and Impact of Mental DisordersRonald C. Kessler, Jordi Alonso, Somnath Chatterji and Yanling HeChapter 6: Mental Health and the Global health and Development AgendasMartin J. Prince, Atif Rahman, Rosie Mayston and Benedict WeobongChapter 7: Social Determinants of Mental healthCrick Lund, Stephen Stansfield, and Mary De SilvaChapter 8: Human Security, Complexity and Mental Health System DevelopmentHarry MinasChapter 9: Global Mental Health ResourcesPallab K Maulik, Amy Daniels, Ryan McBain, Jodi MorrisChapter 10: Strategies for Strengthening Human Resource for Mental HealthRitsuko Kakuma, Harry Minas, Mario R. Dal PozChapter 11: Mental Health Promotion and the Prevention of Mental DisordersInge Petersen, Margaret Barry, Crick Lund and Arvin BhanaChapter 12: Interventions for Mental DisordersCharlotte Hanlon, Abebaw Fekadu and Vikram PatelPractice of Global Mental HealthChapter 13: Mental Health Policy Development and ImplementationCrick Lund, Jose Miguel Caldas de Almeida, Harvey Whiteford and John MahoneyChapter 14: Scaling Up Services for Mental HealthJulian Eaton, Mary DeSilva, Graciela Rojas and Vikram PatelChapter 15: Child and Adolescent Mental HealthChristian Kieling, Ana Soledade Graeff-Martins, Hesham Hamoda, Luis Augusto RohdeChapter 16: Women's Mental HealthJane Fisher, Helen Herrman, Meena Cabral de Mello and Prabha ChandraChapter 17: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian SettingsWietse A. Tol, Pierre Bastin, Mark J.D. Jordans, Harry Minas, Renato SouzaInka Weissbecker and Mark Van OmmerenChapter 18: Stigma, discrimination and promoting human rightsNisha Mehta and Graham ThornicroftChapter 19: Research Priorities, Capacity and Networks in Global Mental healthPamela Y. Collins, Mark Tomlinson, Ritsuko Kakuma, Jude Awuba and Harry MinasChapter 20: Generating Political Commitment for Mental Health System DevelopmentJose Miguel Caldas de Almeida, Harry Minas and Claudina Cayetano