About The Lancet Commission:
The Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development is a comprehensive synthesis of knowledge on global mental health, designed to catalyse worldwide action. It builds on the 2007 and 2011 The Lancet series on global mental health that helped make mental health care a greater priority worldwide.
However, it remains a grim reality that the vast majority of people affected by mental health problems globally still do not receive adequate care. The burden of these problems in terms of their direct health consequences, is very large and increasing: but their impacts on social and economic well-being, on family functioning, and on diverse sectors of society is colossal and almost incalculable.
The situation is worsened as violations of basic human rights still continue to be perpetrated across the world – most disturbingly, the infliction of torture and incarceration of people with mental health problems existing globally, making them among the most neglected within our societies. Put simply, mental health is not simply a clinical or health system concern; this is truly a global development issue, for when it comes to mental health, all countries are still developing.