Abstract
As one article in an ongoing series on Global Mental Health Practice, Joshua Ssebunnya and colleagues provide a case study from Uganda that describes their work developing a national mental health policy.
Highlights
Mental disorders are a significant public health issue due to their high prevalence and considerable contribution to the global disease burden
Evidence suggests that a range of interventions are effective in treating and preventing mental disorders in lowand middle-income countries (LMICs) [2,3]
In LMICs, especially those in Africa, an estimated 76%–99% of people with serious mental health conditions have no access to the treatment they need [5,6]
Summary
Mental disorders are a significant public health issue due to their high prevalence and considerable contribution to the global disease burden. There has been a clear acceleration of policy development over the last 10 years following the recommendations of the World Health Report 2001, which focused on mental health (http:// www.who.int/whr/2001/en/), and the production and dissemination of the WHO Mental Health and Policy Service Guidance package (see Box 1). While this trend is promising, very little research has been conducted on mental health policy development and implementation processes, in Africa [3,5,8]. The article is based on a study undertaken by the Mental Health and Poverty Project (MHaPP), a research consortium investigating the policy-based, legal, and planning interventions required to break the cycle of poverty and mental illness in LMICs [9]
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