• Fam Syst Health · Jun 2018

    Health policy brief: Global mental health and the United Nations' sustainable development goals.

    • Kelso Cratsley and Tim K Mackey.
    • Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University.
    • Fam Syst Health. 2018 Jun 1; 36 (2): 225-229.

    IntroductionIncreased awareness of the importance of mental health for global health has led to a number of new initiatives, including influential policy instruments issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN).MethodThis policy brief describes two WHO instruments, the Mental Health Action Plan for 2013-2020 (World Health Organization, 2013) and the Mental Health Atlas (World Health Organization, 2015), and presents a comparative analysis with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (United Nations, 2015).ResultsThe WHO's Action Plan calls for several specific objectives and targets, with a focus on improving global mental health governance and service coverage. In contrast, the UN's Sustainable Development Goals include only one goal specific to mental health, with a single indicator tracking suicide mortality rates.DiscussionThe discrepancy between the WHO and UN frameworks suggests a need for increased policy coherence. Improved global health governance can provide the basis for ensuring and accelerating progress in global mental health. (PsycINFO Database Record(c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

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