Global public health days offer the opportunity to raise awareness and understanding of health issues and to gain support for action from local communities to international policymakers. “Make Mental Health & Well-Being for All a Global Priority” is the keynote for World Mental Health Day 2022, one of the World Health Organization’s global public health days.
Pre-pandemic it was estimated that globally one in eight people were living with a mental disorder. Yet the services, skills, and funding available for mental health are severely lacking, especially in low and middle-income countries. The COVID-19 pandemic then triggered a global mental health crisis, increasing stress and fueling anxiety and depressive disorders. Simultaneously, mental health services were severely disrupted and the treatment gap for mental health conditions has expanded.
To coincide with World Mental Health Day 2022, Frontiers in Health Services is launching a Research Topic to showcase the latest multidisciplinary research and insights into the global situation of mental health services during and post-pandemic. We welcome manuscripts that identify the key drivers of risk to mental health services, as well as manuscripts that present innovations in service delivery modes that improve accessibility or coordination. Topics may include but are by no means limited to:
• Mental health in context: the challenges faced by mental health services during and post the Covid-19 pandemic around the globe;
• Getting ahead of the echo pandemic of mental health issues after the COVID-19 pandemic;
• The mental health of service providers and informal caregivers during the pandemic: is the crisis over?
• Innovative approaches to staffing issues in mental health care and/or reducing clinical burnout in the mental health setting;
• Increasing capacity in mental health services through para-health institutions, non-government organizations, and other community organizations;
• Alternative service models and promising practices to boost mental health and well-being during the pandemic;
• Implementing digital mental health innovations to support clinical and population mental health needs;
• Digital mental health services and access amongst different demographics, communities, or cultures;
• Intersectional identities and the challenge to provide meaningful and effective mental health care;
• Engaging patients, and informal carers in the improvement of direct care, organizational design and governance, and policy-making in mental health services.
Global public health days offer the opportunity to raise awareness and understanding of health issues and to gain support for action from local communities to international policymakers. “Make Mental Health & Well-Being for All a Global Priority” is the keynote for World Mental Health Day 2022, one of the World Health Organization’s global public health days.
Pre-pandemic it was estimated that globally one in eight people were living with a mental disorder. Yet the services, skills, and funding available for mental health are severely lacking, especially in low and middle-income countries. The COVID-19 pandemic then triggered a global mental health crisis, increasing stress and fueling anxiety and depressive disorders. Simultaneously, mental health services were severely disrupted and the treatment gap for mental health conditions has expanded.
To coincide with World Mental Health Day 2022, Frontiers in Health Services is launching a Research Topic to showcase the latest multidisciplinary research and insights into the global situation of mental health services during and post-pandemic. We welcome manuscripts that identify the key drivers of risk to mental health services, as well as manuscripts that present innovations in service delivery modes that improve accessibility or coordination. Topics may include but are by no means limited to:
• Mental health in context: the challenges faced by mental health services during and post the Covid-19 pandemic around the globe;
• Getting ahead of the echo pandemic of mental health issues after the COVID-19 pandemic;
• The mental health of service providers and informal caregivers during the pandemic: is the crisis over?
• Innovative approaches to staffing issues in mental health care and/or reducing clinical burnout in the mental health setting;
• Increasing capacity in mental health services through para-health institutions, non-government organizations, and other community organizations;
• Alternative service models and promising practices to boost mental health and well-being during the pandemic;
• Implementing digital mental health innovations to support clinical and population mental health needs;
• Digital mental health services and access amongst different demographics, communities, or cultures;
• Intersectional identities and the challenge to provide meaningful and effective mental health care;
• Engaging patients, and informal carers in the improvement of direct care, organizational design and governance, and policy-making in mental health services.