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      Challenges and opportunities in global mental health: a perspective from WHO

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          Abstract

          This paper enumerates and briefly discusses WHO’s recent contributions to global mental health and the current challenges and opportunities in this area. It briefly discusses response to diversity across countries and communities, the need for innovations and global exchange of information, evidence and knowledge and raises issues like psychological interventions and human rights related to mental health.

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          Journal
          Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci
          Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci
          EPS
          Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
          Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, UK )
          2045-7960
          2045-7979
          December 2016
          26 September 2016
          : 25
          : 6
          : 495-498
          Affiliations
          [1] Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization , Geneva, Switzerland
          Author notes
          [* ]Address for correspondence: Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization , Geneva, Switzerland. (Email: saxenas@ 123456who.int )
          Article
          PMC7137667 PMC7137667 7137667 S2045796016000536 00053
          10.1017/S2045796016000536
          7137667
          27666668
          6853eb80-13d3-48c6-9fff-367f9f5d90ea
          © World Health Organization under license to Cambridge University Press 2016
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          Page count
          References: 20, Pages: 4
          Categories
          Editorials

          mental illness stigma,primary care,mental health policy,Mental health,psychiatry

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