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Researchers and scholars in global mental health from all over the world gathered to launch the 2018 Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development on The University of Washington’s campus on Friday, October 19. The 28 Commissioners worked for three years to produce a comprehensive report on the status and progress of the field and how to move the global action on mental health forward.

We live in a developing country when it comes to mental health, one of the most neglected areas of health in the world. That’s the conclusion of a Lancet Commission on global mental health that I helped author. I’m one of 28 commissioners from around the world who wrote the report, declaring a crisis of inaction. Globally, our responses to mental health needs are woefully insufficient.

The WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Forum met in Geneva, from Oct 11-12. The theme of this year’s meeting is Accelerating Country Action on Mental Health.

The Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development was launched in London during the first Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit

This is the second installment in a series of webinars on implementation science research in global mental health. The first part of this webinar will cover the general subject of implementation science theories, strategies, and methods of multi-level interventions studies. The second part will provide the details of a specific research project to illustrate the application of implementation science in multilevel studies in global mental health.

In today’s world, chronic wars and unstable and fragile states have proliferated, giving rise to over 65 million refugees and displaced persons. This has brought forward ever more urgent needs to detect and control disease outbreaks, ensure reproductive, maternal, and child health services, sustain immunizations, and protect against violence. How is the United States to lead in meeting these critical health security needs?

University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Grand Rounds. Deepa Rao, PhD, MA, “Listening to, Learning from, and Partnering with the Global South to Engage Communities and Close the Mental Health Gap” presented on August 03, 2018.

After eight years at the National Institute of Mental Health, Pamela Collins joined the UW in January to lead its global mental health program, a joint effort of the Departments of Global Health and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.