About this Research Topic
“Advancements and Challenges in Mental Health Services: 2024”, led by Professor Carolyn Dewa, Specialty Chief Editor of the Mental Health Services section, is focused on new insights, novel developments, current challenges, latest discoveries, recent advances and future perspectives in the field of mental health services.
The Research Topic solicits brief, forward-looking contributions that outline recent developments and major accomplishments that have been achieved and that need to occur to move the field forward. Authors are encouraged to identify the greatest challenges in the sub-disciplines and how to address those challenges.
The goal of this Research Topic is to shed light on the progress made over the past decade in mental health services, whilst providing a thorough overview of the field’s future challenges. This article collection will inspire, inform and provide direction to researchers in this area.
Topics of special interest include, but are not limited to:
• Advancements in mental health services for populations experiencing homelessness and housing instability;
• Legal and justice system involvement;
• Natural disasters.
Keywords: Mental Health Services, Homelessness, Housing Instability, Legal, Justice System, Natural Disasters
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.