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Shekhar Saxena
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 278
Citations - 46185
Shekhar Saxena is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Public health. The author has an hindex of 82, co-authored 259 publications receiving 38221 citations. Previous affiliations of Shekhar Saxena include Johns Hopkins University & The George Institute for Global Health.
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The world health organization quality of life assessment (WHOQOL) - position paper from the world health organization
Willem Kuyken,John Orley,Mick Power,Helen Herrman,Hilary Schofield,B. Murphy,Željko Metelko,Silvija Szabo,Mirjana Pibernik-Okanović,N. Quemada,A. Caria,S. Rajkumar,S. Kumar,Shekhar Saxena,Dan Bar-On,M. Amir,M. Tazaki,A. Noji,G. Vanheck,J. Devries,J.A. Sucre,L. Picardami,M. Kabanov,A. Lomachenkov,G. Burkovsky +24 more
TL;DR: The World Health Organization's project to develop a quality of life instrument (the WHOQOL) is described, the reasons that the project was undertaken, the thinking that underlies the project, the method that has been followed in its development and the current status of the project.
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The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL): development and general psychometric properties.
Mick Power,Willem Kuyken,John Orley,H. Herman,Hilary Schofield,B. Murphy,Z. Metelko,Silvija Szabo,Mirjana Pibernik-Okanović,N. Quemada,A. Caria,S. Rajkumar,S. Kumar,Shekhar Saxena,K. Chandiramani,Marianne Amir,Dan Bar-On,A. Noji,G.L. van Heck,J. de Vries +19 more
TL;DR: The steps are presented from the development of the initial pilot version of the instrument to the field trial version, the so-called WHOQOL-100, which has been developed collaboratively in a number of centres in diverse cultural settings over several years.
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No health without mental health.
Martin Prince,Vikram Patel,Shekhar Saxena,Mario Maj,Joanna Maselko,Michael R. Phillips,Atif Rahman +6 more
TL;DR: Mental health affects progress towards the achievement of several Millennium Development Goals, such as promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women, reduction of child mortality, improvement of maternal health, and reversal of the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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Grand challenges in global mental health
Pamela Y. Collins,Vikram Patel,Vikram Patel,Sarah S. Joestl,Dana March,Dana March,Thomas R. Insel,Abdallah S. Daar,Abdallah S. Daar,Isabel Altenfelder Santos Bordin,E. Jane Costello,Maureen S. Durkin,Christopher G. Fairburn,Roger I. Glass,Wayne Hall,Yueqin Huang,Steven E. Hyman,Kay Redfield Jamison,Sylvia Kaaya,Shitij Kapur,Arthur Kleinman,Adesola Ogunniyi,Angel Otero-Ojeda,Mu-ming Poo,Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath,Barbara J. Sahakian,Shekhar Saxena,Peter Singer,Dan J. Stein,Warwick P Anderson,Muhammad A. Dhansay,Wendy Ewart,Anthony G. Phillips,Susan B. Shurin,Mark Walport +34 more
TL;DR: A consortium of researchers, advocates and clinicians announces here research priorities for improving the lives of people with mental illness around the world, and calls for urgent action and investment.
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Resources for mental health: scarcity, inequity, and inefficiency
TL;DR: Scarcity of available resources, inequities in their distribution, and inefficiencies in their use pose the three main obstacles to better mental health, especially in low-income and middle-income countries.