One in 3 of us will experience mental illness in our lifetime, and yet the current treatments as
well as the development of new strategies haven't been overly encouraging. 1 In …

The paper by Stein et al1 has prompted me to reflect on my remarks to this year's incoming
class of psychiatry residents, as it outlines many of the factors that make psychiatry one of …

Psychological interventions to treat mental health issues have developed remarkably in the
past few decades. Yet this progress often neglects a central goal—namely, to reduce the …

Psychiatry suffers a lot of criticism, not least from within its own scientifically founded medical
world. This book provides an account of mental health difficulties and how they are generally …

This editorial is being written at the close of the British Labour Government's first term of
office, which commenced in 1997 and is a commentary on the progress of mental health …

Mental disorder: A public health problem stuck in an individual&# x02010; level brain
disease perspective? ficient, insufficient, and not sustainable. In the US, with the exception …

344 World Psychiatry 22: 2-June 2023 the harsh consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic,
wars, natural catastro phes, and climate change, causing human suffering, economic …

This article delves deep into the realm of mental health, shedding light on the diverse
approaches to understanding, diagnosing, and treating mental health disorders. Through a …

Despite advances in research and medical technology, between 76% and 85% of people
with serious mental disorders had received no treatment in the previous year according to …

Despite decades of research and billions of dollars spent, a major barrier to understanding
the nature, and therefore treatment, of mental health conditions is the dominant approach to …