Accounting for mental health research funding: developing a quantitative baseline of global investments

Woelbert, Eva; Lundell-Smith, Kierstin; White, Rory; Kemmer, Danielle

doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(20)30469-7

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“…More broadly, there is a need for increased mental health research in LLMICs. Globally, mental health research is not funded proportional to the burden of disease 69 ; furthermore, the distribution of this research is inequitable, with negligible funding for central Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. 69 …”

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Depression, Anxiety, and Other Mental Disorders in Patients With Cancer in Low- and Lower-Middle–Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Walker

Xue

Jones

et al. 2021

JCO Global Oncology

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PURPOSE Cancer is a growing public health issue in low- and lower-middle–income countries (LLMICs), but the mental health consequences in this setting have not been well-characterized. We aimed to systematically evaluate the available literature on the prevalence, associates, and treatment of mental disorders in patients with cancer in LLMICs. METHODS We systematically searched Medline, PsycINFO, EMBASE, and CINAHL. We performed a random effects meta-analysis to determine the pooled prevalence of major depression or anxiety disorders in this population, defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or International Classification of Diseases criteria. We qualitatively reviewed studies that examined the prevalence of depressive or anxiety disorders defined by self-report tools, the prevalence of other mental disorders, associated factors of depressive and anxiety symptoms, and the treatment of mental disorders in this population. RESULTS Forty studies spanning a 15-year period were included in the review. The pooled prevalence defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or International Classification of Diseases criteria was 21% for major depression (95% CI, 15 to 28) and 18% for anxiety disorders (95% CI, 8 to 30). Depressive and anxiety symptoms were most frequently associated with advanced disease and low levels of education. Among the four studies evaluating treatment, three evaluated the effectiveness of psychotherapy and one evaluated a yoga program. CONCLUSION The prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with cancer generally appears higher in LLMICs than in upper-income countries. Our findings demonstrate the existence of a significant and underappreciated disease burden. We suggest that clinicians remain vigilant to psychiatric symptoms. Improved screening and treatment are likely to improve quality of life and reduce both morbidity and mortality.

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Depression, Anxiety, and Other Mental Disorders in Patients With Cancer in Low- and Lower-Middle–Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Walker

Xue

Jones

et al. 2021

JCO Global Oncology

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“…", we made evaluating the efficacy of their chosen ingredient a starting point. The dominant funding model to date in mental health science is one of forward translation, in which investment into basic causal mechanisms is assumed the best route to discovering effective interventions 14 . However, mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression are highly heterogeneous, both in terms of aetiology and treatment outcomes 15 .…”

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Searching for active ingredients to combat youth anxiety and depression

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“…46 Epidemiological research and results of the present study indicate that research and health-care funding directed at the mental health of people in prison is imperative. Mental health research globally, compared with other disease areas, is relatively underfunded, 47 and an analysis of governmentfunded research in Canada found 0•05% of all funding was for research into the health of people in prison. 48 Globally, there is a critical lack of evidence on how prison health services are structured or funded, or the methods and processes by which they are held accountable.…”

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Identifying research priorities to improve the health of incarcerated populations: results of citizens' juries in Australian prisons

Simpson

Guthrie

Jones

et al. 2021

The Lancet Public Health

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Health disparities in incarcerated populations should guide investment in the health care and research of these communities. Although users of health-care services are important in providing input into decisions about research, the voices of people in prison are absent regarding research into their health. In this Health Policy paper, we present priorities for research into the health of people in prison according to people in prison themselves. By use of a deliberative research approach, citizens' juries were conducted in six prisons (three men's and three women's prisons) in Australia. Participants were selected following submissions of expression of interest forms that were distributed within the prisons. Prerecorded information by experts in the health of incarcerated people was shown to participants. Participants deliberated for up to 4 h before agreeing on five research priorities. All citizens' juries endorsed mental health as a number one research priority. Prison health-care services, alcohol and other drug use, education, and infectious diseases were identified as research priorities by most citizens' juries. Focal points within priorities included serious mental illness; grief and trauma; medication management; health-care service access, quality, and resources; drug withdrawal and peer support; prison-based needle and syringe programmes; and health and life skills education. If endeavours in research priority setting are to consider health equity goals, the views of our most health affected citizens need to be included.

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Accounting for mental health research funding: developing a quantitative baseline of global investments

Cited by 43 publications

References 22 publications

Depression, Anxiety, and Other Mental Disorders in Patients With Cancer in Low- and Lower-Middle–Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Depression, Anxiety, and Other Mental Disorders in Patients With Cancer in Low- and Lower-Middle–Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Searching for active ingredients to combat youth anxiety and depression

Identifying research priorities to improve the health of incarcerated populations: results of citizens' juries in Australian prisons

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