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Poverty and mental disorders: breaking the cycle in low-income and middle-income countries
Crick Lund,Mary De Silva,Sophie Plagerson,Sara Cooper,Dan Chisholm,Jishnu Das,Martin Knapp,Vikram Patel +7 more
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It is found that the mental health effect of poverty alleviation interventions was inconclusive, although some conditional cash transfer and asset promotion programmes had mental health benefits and mental health interventions were associated with improved economic outcomes in all studies.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2011-10-22. It has received 654 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Psychological intervention & Mental health.read more
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The Global Economic Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases
David E. Bloom,Elizabeth T. Cafiero,Eva Jané-Llopis,Shafika Abrahams-Gessel,Lakshmi Reddy Bloom,Sana F. Fathima,Andrea B. Feigl,Tom Gaziano,Ali Hamandi,Mona Mowafi,Danny O’Farrell,Emre Özaltin,Ankur Pandya,Klaus Prettner,Larry Rosenberg,Benjamin Seligman,Adam Z. Stein,Cara Weinstein,Jonathan Weiss +18 more
TL;DR: New estimates of the global economic burden of non-communicable diseases in 2010 are developed, and the size of the burden through 2030 is projected, to capture the thinking of the business community about the impact of NCDs on their enterprises.
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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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Scaling-up treatment of depression and anxiety: a global return on investment analysis.
Dan Chisholm,Kim Sweeny,Peter Sheehan,Bruce Rasmussen,Filip Smit,Filip Smit,Pim Cuijpers,Shekhar Saxena +7 more
TL;DR: Return on investment analysis of the kind reported here can contribute strongly to a balanced investment case for enhanced action to address the large and growing burden of common mental disorders worldwide.
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Social determinants of mental health
TL;DR: It is of major importance that action is taken to improve the conditions of everyday life, beginning before birth and progressing into early childhood, older childhood and adolescence, during family building and working ages, and through to older age, to reduce inequalities in physical health and improve health overall.
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Addressing the burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition
Vikram Patel,Vikram Patel,Dan Chisholm,Rachana Parikh,Fiona J Charlson,Fiona J Charlson,Louisa Degenhardt,Louisa Degenhardt,Louisa Degenhardt,Tarun Dua,Alize J. Ferrari,Alize J. Ferrari,Steve Hyman,Ramanan Laxminarayan,Ramanan Laxminarayan,Ramanan Laxminarayan,Carol Levin,Crick Lund,Crick Lund,Maria Elena Medina Mora,Inge Petersen,James Scott,James Scott,Rahul Shidhaye,Rahul Shidhaye,Lakshmi Vijayakumar,Graham Thornicroft,Harvey Whiteford,Harvey Whiteford +28 more
TL;DR: The goal is to massively increase opportunities for people with MNS disorders to access services without the prospect of discrimination or impoverishment and with the hope of attaining optimal health and social outcomes.
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