Sustainable development and global mental health--a Lancet Commission

Abstract

In 2007, The Lancet published a groundbreaking Series on global mental health that ended with a call to action to scale up services for people with mental health problems guided by the twin principles of the right to evidence-based care and the right to dignity. This Series helped catalyse a movement that has raised the profile of mental health in public policies and promoted research, capacity building, and delivery of mental health care worldwide.