CAPE Vulnerability Index

Time for hard choices: A new global order for mental health

“…It is time for a new global mental health order and to find a new approach to tackle today's most stubborn and urgent development challenges. The CAPE Vulnerability Index (Persaud et al, 2020) offers a different perspective to rebalance and challenge prevailing narratives of how foreign aid is utilised. It provides a funding formula where foreign aid could be used as a tool to build mental health into foreign policy (Persaud et al, 2018).…”

Geopsychiatry, global vulnerability, mitigation and psychiatry

“…There are no binary approaches that could solve these complex and enmeshed challenges in psychiatry. The Compassion, Action, Pragmatism and Evidence (CAPE) Vulnerability Index (Persaud et al, 2021; Torales et al, 2021) is a global index that highlights the need for assistance in countries with a high degree of vulnerability and how these vulnerabilities may play a critical role in mental health. It is time for a new global mental health order and to find a new approach to tackle today’s most stubborn and urgent development challenges.…”

Geopolitical determinants of mental health: Towards a global perspective

“…In light of the above, the relevance of geopolitical factors in the modern conception of mental health and mental illness is crucial. Persaud et al (2020) have proposed the CAPE (The Compassion, Assertive action, Pragmatism and Evidence) – Vulnerability Index as a tool to be used in order to identify most vulnerable countries to be appropriately targeted for an international aid, including mental health. The Index is based on the following information: life expectancy in the country; disability-adjusted life years; number of doctors per person; gross domestic product; income inequality coefficient; currents conflicts; number of refugees by country; the corruption perception index (Persaud et al, 2020).…”

“…Persaud et al (2020) have proposed the CAPE (The Compassion, Assertive action, Pragmatism and Evidence) – Vulnerability Index as a tool to be used in order to identify most vulnerable countries to be appropriately targeted for an international aid, including mental health. The Index is based on the following information: life expectancy in the country; disability-adjusted life years; number of doctors per person; gross domestic product; income inequality coefficient; currents conflicts; number of refugees by country; the corruption perception index (Persaud et al, 2020). This set of data included in the CAPE- Vulnerability Index, may provide an immediate information on the geopolitical determinants of health vulnerability across the countries.…”