Converging on child mental health - toward shared global action for child development.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

Volume: 4

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Affiliated Institutions:  Division of Mental Hygiene, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA. Center for Mental Health Services in Pediatric Primary Care, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, University of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa. Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, New York, New York, USA. Global Child Health Centre, Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, Universidade Federal de Ciencias da Saude de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK. Child Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. Mental Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization, Geneva, GE, Switzerland. Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.

Abstract summary 

We are a group of researchers and clinicians with collective experience in child survival, nutrition, cognitive and social development, and treatment of common mental conditions. We join together to welcome an expanded definition of child development to guide global approaches to child health and overall social development. We call for resolve to integrate maternal and child mental health with child health, nutrition, and development services and policies, and see this as fundamental to the health and sustainable development of societies. We suggest specific steps toward achieving this objective, with associated global organizational and resource commitments. In particular, we call for a Global Planning Summit to establish a much needed Global Alliance for Child Development and Mental Health in all Policies.

Authors & Co-authors:  Belkin G G Wissow L L Lund C C Aber L L Bhutta Z Z Black M M Kieling C C McGregor S S Rahman A A Servili C C Walker S S Yoshikawa H H

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  A Billion Minds and Lives (2014) [Online]. (www.abillionminds.org). Accessed 18 March 2017.
Authors :  12
Identifiers
Doi : e20
SSN : 2054-4251
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Other Terms
Child Development;Child Mental Health;Global Action;Governance;Mental Health;Prevention;Promotion;Public Health approach;Quality Improvement;Social Determinants of health;Social Emotional Development;Task-shifting;systems-thinking
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
England