Shekhar Saxena

Biographic Data

ID3701074
NAMEShekhar Saxena
GIVEN NAMESShekhar
FAMILY NAMESaxena
SIGNATURESAXENA S
AFFILIATIONSWorld Health Organization
ORCID0000-0001-9385-0212
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS47
TOTAL CITATIONS50
AUTHOR COUNT47
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • The science of child and adolescent mental health in Brazil

    Open AccessLauro Estivalete Marchionatti, André Cardoso Campello et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

  • Maternal Trauma history, Maternal Mental health, and Child Behavior

    Open AccessMathilda Regan, Elizabeth J Levey et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2025

  • The state of mental health in Greece

    Open AccessKonstantinos Kotsis, Lauro Estivalete Marchionatti et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2024Cited by: 1References: 3

    Background: Effective mental health systems depend on the functioning of a variety of factors that can be systematically monitored across countries. Macro-level assessments are needed to identify potential areas for improvement in the health sector, particularly in countries that face significant access barriers such as Greece. Aim: To analyze Greece’s mental health-related indicators in comparison to countries with similar socioeconomic contexts…

  • A theory of change for community-initiated mental health care in the United States

    Open AccessErica Breuer, Angelika Morris et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2023

    Mental health service delivery needs radical reimagination in the United States where unmet needs for care remain large and most metrics on the burden of mental health problems have worsened, despite significant numbers of mental health professionals, spending on service provision and research. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the need for mental health care. One path to a radical reimagination is "Community Initiated Care (CIC)" which equip…

  • Policy stringency and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessLara B Aknin, Bernardo Andretti et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Public Health2022

    BACKGROUND: To date, public health policies implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic have been evaluated on the basis of their ability to reduce transmission and minimise economic harm. We aimed to assess the association between COVID-19 policy restrictions and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: In this longitudinal analysis, we combined daily policy stringency data from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker with psych…

  • Quantifying the global burden of mental disorders and their economic value

    Open AccessDaniel Arias, Shekhar Saxena et al.ARTICLEEClinicalMedicine2022

    Background: Epidemiological and economic estimates suggest that the global burden of mental disorders is considerable, both in its impacts on human health and losses to societal welfare. The availability of additional data and the emergence of new approaches present an opportunity to examine these estimates, which form a critical part in making the investment case for global mental health. Methods: This study reviews, develops, and incorporates n…

  • Global prevalence of autism

    Open AccessJinan Zeidan, Eric Fombonne et al.ARTICLEAutism Research2022

  • Scaling up community-delivered mental health support and care

    Open AccessSaher Siddiqui, Angelika Morris et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Introduction: The mental health crisis has caused widespread suffering and has been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Marginalized groups are especially affected, with many concerns rooted in social determinants of mental health. To stem this tide of suffering, consideration of approaches outside the traditional biomedical model will be necessary. Drawing from task-sharing models of mental health care that have been pioneered in low-r…

  • The global return on investment from preventing and treating adolescent mental disorders and suicide

    Open AccessRachel D Stelmach, Erica L Kocher et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    INTRODUCTION: Despite the high burden of mental disorders among adolescents and the potentially lifelong consequences of these conditions, access to mental health services remains insufficient for adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries. We conducted an economic modelling study to quantify the potential costs and benefits of mental health interventions to prevent or treat anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and suicide among adol…

  • Mental Health During the First Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessLara B Aknin, Jan‐emmanuel De Neve et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Psychological…2022

    COVID-19 has infected millions of people and upended the lives of most humans on the planet. Researchers from across the psychological sciences have sought to document and investigate the impact of COVID-19 in myriad ways, causing an explosion of research that is broad in scope, varied in methods, and challenging to consolidate. Because policy and practice aimed at helping people live healthier and happier lives requires insight from robust patte…

  • Covid-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries

    Open AccessLola Kola, B A Kohrt et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Psychiatry2021

  • A Four-Component Framework Toward Patient-Centered, Integrated Mental Healthcare in Kenya

    Open AccessManasi Kumar, Thomas L Osborn et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Background: How can we fast-track the global agenda of integrated mental healthcare in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Kenya? This is a question that has become increasingly important for individuals with lived experiences, policymakers, mental health advocates and health care providers at the local and international levels. Discussion: This narrative synthesis and perspective piece encompasses an overview of mental health care c…

  • Prioritizing the Mental Health and Well-Being of Healthcare Workers

    Open AccessLene E Søvold, John A Naslund et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on health systems in most countries, and in particular, on the mental health and well-being of health workers on the frontlines of pandemic response efforts. The purpose of this article is to provide an evidence-based overview of the adverse mental health impacts on healthcare workers during times of crisis and other challenging working conditions and to highlight the importance of prioritizin…

  • Depression and Viral Suppression Among Adults Living with HIV in Tanzania

    Open AccessMathilda Regan, Alfa Muhihi et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • New WHO prevalence estimates of mental disorders in conflict settings

    Open AccessFiona Charlson, Mark Van Ommeren et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2019

  • Social determinants of mental disorders and the Sustainable Development Goals

    Open AccessCrick Lund, Carrie Brooke-Sumner et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Psychiatry2018

  • NCD Countdown 2030

    Open AccessJames E Bennett, G A Stevens et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2018

  • The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development

    Open AccessVikram Patel, Shekhar Saxena et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2018

  • Excess mortality in persons with severe mental disorders

    Open AccessNancy H Liu, Gail L Daumit et al.ARTICLEWorld Psychiatry2017

    Excess mortality in persons with severe mental disorders (SMD) is a major public health challenge that warrants action. The number and scope of truly tested interventions in this area remain limited, and strategies for implementation and scaling up of programmes with a strong evidence base are scarce. Furthermore, the majority of available interventions focus on a single or an otherwise limited number of risk factors. Here we present a multilevel…

  • The magnitude of and health system responses to the mental health treatment gap in adults in India and China

    Open AccessVikram Patel, Shuiyuan Xiao et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2016

  • Scaling-up treatment of depression and anxiety

    Open AccessDan Chisholm, Kim Sweeny et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Psychiatry2016

    BACKGROUND: Depression and anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and disabling disorders, which result not only in an enormous amount of human misery and lost health, but also lost economic output. Here we propose a global investment case for a scaled-up response to the public health and economic burden of depression and anxiety disorders. METHODS: In this global return on investment analysis, we used the mental health module of the OneHealth to…

  • Developing a science of clinical utility in diagnostic classification systems

    Jared W Keeley, Geoffrey M Reed et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2016Cited by: 2References: 1

    The World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse has developed a systematic program of field studies to evaluate and improve the clinical utility of the proposed diagnostic guidelines for mental and behavioral disorders in the Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11). The clinical utility of a diagnostic classification is critical to its function as t…

  • Interventions for common perinatal mental disorders in women in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessAtif Rahman, Jane Fisher et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the World Health…2013

  • Prime

    Open AccessCrick Lund, Mark Tomlinson et al.ARTICLEPLoS Medicine2012

    The Policy Forum allows health policy makers around the world to discuss challenges and opportunities for improving

  • Human resources for mental health care

    Open AccessRitsuko Kakuma, Harry Minas et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2011