Maya Semrau

TL;DR: Assessment of progress in scaling up mental health services worldwide using a systematic review of literature and a survey of key national stakeholders in mental health suggested that successful strategies can be adopted to overcome barriers to scaling up.

TL;DR: The main recommendations are presented in relation to: the need for coordinated policies, plans and programmes, the requirement to scale up services for whole populations, the importance of promoting community awareness about mental illness to increase levels of help-seeking and how to most effectively harness the experience of users, families, and other advocates.

TL;DR: The ‘Emerging mental health systems in LMICs’ (Emerald) programme aims to improve outcomes of people with MNS disorders in six LM ICs by generating evidence and capacity to enhance health system performance in delivering mental health care.

TL;DR: Overall, the review found that although there were examples of service user and caregiver involvement in mental health system strengthening in numerous countries, there was a lack of high-quality research and a weak evidence base for the work that was being conducted across countries.

TL;DR: An overview of evidence from low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs) worldwide to address the nature of stigma and discrimination, relevant context-specific factors, global patterns of these phenomena and their measurement and quantitative and qualitative evidence of interventions intended to reduce their occurrence and impact is provided.