Policy development and challenges of global mental health: a systematic review of published studies of national-level mental health policies.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Mental health policy can be an essential and powerful tool to improve a population's mental health. However, around one third of countries do not possess a mental health policy, and there are large disparities in population coverage rates between high- and low-income countries. The goal of this study is to identify the transition and implementation challenges of mental health policies in both high-income countries (HICs) as well as middle- and low-income countries (MLICs). METHODS:PubMed, Cochrane Library and Campbell Library were searched from inception to 31 December 2017, for studies on implemented mental health policies at the national level. Abstracts and the main texts of papers were double screened, and extracted data were analysed through thematic synthesis. RESULTS:A to

SUBMITTER: Zhou W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5960139 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature