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ReviewThe lancet. Psychiatry2022

Public mental health: required actions to address implementation failure in the context of COVID-19.

Jonathan Campion, Afzal Javed, Crick Lund, Norman Sartorius, Shekhar Saxena, Michael Marmot, John Allan, Pichet Udomratn

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Review in The lancet. Psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
79citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
34.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Sustainability of AI-Assisted Mental Health Intervention: A Review of the Literature from 2020-2025.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  7. Comparative performance of the EQ-5D-5L, EQ-HWB, and PROMIS-10 in screening for history of anxiety and depression in the general adult population in 15 countries.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026
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  14. Public mental health: a WPA priority and key opportunity to address implementation failure.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2026
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  15. New WHO guidance on mental health and well-being across government sectors.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026
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19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 8 institutions in 6 countries.

Jonathan CampionSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Public Mental Health Implementation Centre, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK. Electronic address: jonathan.campion@slam.nhs.uk.
Afzal JavedDepartment of Mental Health and Wellbeing, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Crick LundKing's Global Health Institute, Centre for Global Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London, UK; Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Norman SartoriusAssociation for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland.
Shekhar SaxenaDepartment of Global Health and Population at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Michael MarmotInstitute of Health Equity, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, London, UK.
John AllanOffice of the President, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Branch, Clinical Excellence Queensland, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Mayne Academy of Psychiatry, University of Queensland Medical School, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Pichet UdomratnFaculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand.
Harvard Global Health Institute · USKing's College London · GBPrince of Songkla University · THRoyal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists · AURoyal College of Psychiatrists · GBThe Geneva Association · CHUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Warwick · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mental disorders account for at least 18% of global disease burden, and the associated annual global costs are projected to be US$6 trillion by 2030. Evidence-based, cost-effective public mental health (PMH) interventions exist to prevent mental disorders from arising, prevent associated impacts of mental disorders (including through treatment), and promote mental wellbeing and resilience. However, only a small proportion of people with mental disorders receive minimally adequate treatment. Compared with treatment, there is even less coverage of interventions to prevent the associated impacts of mental disorders, prevent mental disorders from arising, or promote mental wellbeing and resilience. This implementation failure breaches the right to health, has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and results in preventable suffering, broad impacts, and associated economic costs. In this Health Policy paper, we outline specific actions to improve the coverage of PMH interventions, including PMH needs assessments, collaborative advocacy and leadership, PMH practice to inform policy and implementation, training and improvement of population literacy, settings-based and integrated approaches, use of digital technology, maximising existing resources, focus on high-return interventions, human rights approaches, legislation, and implementation research. Increased interest in PMH in populations and governments since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic supports these actions. Improved implementation of PMH interventions can result in broad health, social, and economic impacts, even in the short-term, which support the achievement of a range of policy objectives, sustainable economic development, and recovery.

Indexed as

COVID-19Health PolicyHumansMental DisordersMental HealthMental Health ServicesPublic Health

Identifiers

PMID35065723
PMCPMC8776278
OpenAlexW4205754822

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.