The @who.int "World Mental Health Today" report is out:
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240113817
Over 1bn people live w #MentalDisorder, a leading cause of disability w staggering economic consequences.
Major gaps in resources and quality of care leave most people without adequate support.
Chapter 4 on the existing gaps in #MentalHealth systems is particularly interesting, as it highlights not only the continued gap in provision and access, but also offers suggestions for practice-focused research and work.
Happy and humbled that research from our international collaboration has made it into the report, discussing the higher prevalence of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases such as smoking, alcohol use, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/prevalence-of-physical-health-conditions-and-health-risk-behaviours-in-people-with-severe-mental-illness-in-south-asia-multicountry-crosssectional-survey/793439A315E2AF13A2FA5CC33042B7BB
We have also more work on this coming hopefully soon, here link to a recent conference poster discussing the lack of appropriate screening for non-communicable diseases
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/events/2025-events/faculties/academic/calc---koralagamage-kavindu-appuhamy-poster---19-march-2025.pdf?sfvrsn=217a14a7_3
Prevalence of physical health conditions and health risk behaviours in people with severe mental illness in South Asia: multi-country cross-sectional survey - Volume 9 Issue 2
Jan R. Boehnke