Global mental health solidarity: strategies and solutions

Zhaohui Su; Barry L. Bentley; Dean McDonnell; Sabina Šegalo; Jianlin Jiang; Xin Yu; Yifan Liu; Tumaresi Alimu; Wenjie Dai; Ya Diao; Yujuan Feng; null Dawadanzeng; Sajidai Kadier; Patiguli Milawuti; Jing-Bao Nie; Claudimar Pereira da Veiga; Yu-Tao Xiang

doi:10.1007/s44192-024-00087-0

Global mental health solidarity: strategies and solutions

Zhaohui Su^*, Barry L. Bentley, Dean McDonnell, Sabina Šegalo, Jianlin Jiang, Xin Yu, Yifan Liu, Tumaresi Alimu, Wenjie Dai, Ya Diao, Yujuan Feng, Dawadanzeng, Sajidai Kadier, Patiguli Milawuti, Jing-Bao Nie^*, Claudimar Pereira da Veiga^*, Yu-Tao Xiang^*

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Cardiff School of Technologies

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Mental health is deteriorating far and fast globally post-COVID. Though there were already over one billion people living with mental disorders pre-pandemic, in the first year of COVID-19 alone, the prevalence of anxiety and depression soared by 25% worldwide. In light of the chronic shortages of mental health resources and talents, along with disruptions of available health services caused by pandemic-related restrictions, technology is widely believed to hold the key to addressing the rising mental health crises. However, hurdles such as fragmented and oftentimes suboptimal patient protection measures substantially undermine technology’s potential to address the global mental health crises reliably and at scale. To shed light on these issues, this paper aims to discuss the post-pandemic mental health challenges and opportunities, and the strategies and solutions the global mental health community could leverage to protect and elevate society’s mental health in the long run.

Original language	English
Article number	40
Journal	Discover Mental Health
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-024-00087-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-024-00087-0
Publication status	Published - 24 Sept 2024

Keywords

COVID-19
Global health
Mental health
Health equity
Interventions

UN SDGs

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Su, Z., Bentley, B. L., McDonnell, D., Šegalo, S., Jiang, J., Yu, X., Liu, Y., Alimu, T., Dai, W., Diao, Y., Feng, Y., Dawadanzeng, Kadier, S., Milawuti, P., Nie, J.-B., da Veiga, C. P., & Xiang, Y.-T. (2024). Global mental health solidarity: strategies and solutions. Discover Mental Health, 4(1), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-024-00087-0, https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-024-00087-0

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