Funding for mental health research: the gap remains

Mapping the Global Mental Health Research Funding System.

This study maps the global funding of mental health research between 2009 and 2014. It builds from the bottom up a picture of who the major funders are, what kinds of research they support and how their strategies relate to one another. It uses the funding acknowledgements on journal papers as a starting point for this. The study also looks to the future, considering some of the areas of focus,...

Settling Ulysses: An Adapted Research Agenda for Refugee Mental Health

Refugees and asylum seekers arriving in Europe during the 2015/2016 wave of migration have been exposed to war conditions in their country of origin, survived a dangerous journey, and often struggled with negative reception in transit and host countries. The mental health consequence of such forced migration experiences is named the Ulysses syndrome. Policies regarding the right to residency ca...

Mapping UK mental health research funding and its contribution to global funding: A refined analysis for the UK context

A refined analysis for the UK context

Call for a change in research funding priorities: the example of mental health in Costa Rica.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 urges its Member States to strengthen leadership in mental health, ensure mental and social health interventions in community-based settings, promote mental health and strengthen information systems, and increase evidence and research for mental health. Although Costa Rica has strongly invested in public health and successf...

A new paradigm for health research funding.