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Benedetto Saraceno
Researcher at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Publications - 124
Citations - 8388
Benedetto Saraceno is an academic researcher from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Health policy. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 118 publications receiving 7168 citations. Previous affiliations of Benedetto Saraceno include Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research & University of Geneva.
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The treatment gap in mental health care.
TL;DR: The treatment gap for mental disorders is universally large, though it varies across regions, and it is likely that the gap reported here is an underestimate due to the unavailability of community-based data from developing countries where services are scarcer.
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The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development.
Vikram Patel,Shekhar Saxena,Crick Lund,Crick Lund,Graham Thornicroft,Florence Baingana,Paul Bolton,Dan Chisholm,Pamela Y. Collins,Janice Cooper,Janice Cooper,Julian Eaton,Helen Herrman,Helen Herrman,Mohammad M. Herzallah,Mohammad M. Herzallah,Yueqin Huang,Mark J. D. Jordans,Mark J. D. Jordans,Arthur Kleinman,María Elena Medina-Mora,Ellen Morgan,Unaiza Niaz,Unaiza Niaz,Olayinka Omigbodun,Martin Prince,Atif Rahman,Benedetto Saraceno,Bidyut K. Sarkar,Mary De Silva,Ilina Singh,Dan J. Stein,Dan J. Stein,Dan J. Stein,Charlene Sunkel,Jürgen Unützer +35 more
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Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries
Benedetto Saraceno,Mark van Ommeren,Rajaie Batniji,Alex S. Cohen,Oye Gureje,John Mahoney,Devi Sridhar,Chris Underhill +7 more
TL;DR: Barriers to progress in improvement of mental health services can be overcome by generation of political will for the organisation of accessible and humane mental health care, a qualitative survey of international mental health experts and leaders suggests.
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Human rights violations of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities: an unresolved global crisis
Natalie Drew,Michelle Funk,Stephen Tang,Jagannath Lamichhane,Elena Chávez,Sylvester Katontoka,Soumitra Pathare,Oliver Lewis,Lawrence O. Gostin,Benedetto Saraceno +9 more
TL;DR: This paper reviewed the evidence for the types of human rights violations experienced by people with mental and psychosocial disabilities in low-income and middle-income countries as well as strategies to prevent these violations and promote human rights in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
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Los trastornos mentales en América Latina y el Caribe: asunto prioritario para la salud pública
Robert Kohn,Itzhak Levav,José Miguel Caldas de Almeida,Benjamín Vicente,Laura Helena Andrade,Jorge J. Caraveo-Anduaga,Shekhar Saxena,Benedetto Saraceno +7 more
TL;DR: For instance, this article found that the prevalence of trastornos mentales in America Latina and the Caribe is demasiado large, pese a the existence of tratamientos eficaces.