At a global level considerable progress has been made over the past few decades on research, policy and implementation activities that are specifically relevant for mental health in resource-poor settings. In 2018, the Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development provided an historical overview of this progress, reframed the concept of mental health by bringing together knowledge from diverse scientific perspectives and real-world experiences, and called for urgent action to translate current knowledge into concrete activities, aiming to promote mental health, prevent mental disorders and scale up services to detect, treat and support recovery of people with mental disorders (Patel et al., 2018).
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