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. 2022 Sep;221(3):553-557.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.2021.221.

Reconceptualising the treatment gap for common mental disorders: a fork in the road for global mental health?

Tessa Roberts  1 , Georgina Miguel Esponda  1 , Costanza Torre  2 , Pooja Pillai  3 , Alex Cohen  4 , Rochelle A Burgess  5
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Reconceptualising the treatment gap for common mental disorders: a fork in the road for global mental health?

Tessa Roberts et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

In this analysis, we argue that the 'treatment gap' for common mental disorders often reflects lack of demand, arising because services fail to address the needs of disadvantaged communities. We propose a route forward for global mental health, with explicit focus on action on the socioeconomic determinants of psychological suffering.

Keywords: Low- and middle-income countries; anxiety disorders; depressive disorders; psychosocial interventions; qualitative research.

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