The movement for global mental health

Vikram Patel, Pamela Y Collins, John Copeland, Ritsuko Kakuma, Sylvester Katontoka, Jagannath Lamichhane, Smita Naik, Sarah Skeen, Vikram Patel, Pamela Y Collins, John Copeland, Ritsuko Kakuma, Sylvester Katontoka, Jagannath Lamichhane, Smita Naik, Sarah Skeen

Abstract

The Movement for Global Mental Health is a coalition of individuals and institutions committed to collective actions that aim to close the treatment gap for people living with mental disorders worldwide, based on two fundamental principles: evidence on effective treatments and the human rights of people with mental disorders.

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Characteristics of the institutional members (n = 77). NGO, non-governmental organisation.
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Location of institutional members (n = 77) and regional distribution of individual members (%) (n = 1304). Global organisations are shown as triangles and are located at either the corresponding address of the organisation or its current president. Circles represent institutional partners.

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