Shekhar Saxena

ORCID: 0000-0001-9385-0212
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Research Areas
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Health Policy Implementation Science

Harvard Global Health Institute
2019-2024

Harvard University
2018-2024

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
2024

Curtin University
2024

International Drug Development
2024

UNSW Sydney
2024

University of Glasgow
2024

University of Helsinki
2024

University of Massachusetts Amherst
2024

World Federation for Mental Health
2023

Objective To describe the development of World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) for measuring functioning and disability in accordance with International Classification Functioning, Health.WHODAS is a standard metric ensuring scientific comparability across different populations.Methods A series studies was carried out globally.Over 65 000 respondents drawn from general population specific patient populations were interviewed by trained interviewers who...

10.2471/blt.09.067231 article EN cc-by Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2010-05-20

Depression and anxiety disorders are highly prevalent disabling disorders, which result not only in an enormous amount of human misery lost health, but also economic output. Here we propose a global investment case for scaled-up response to the public health burden depression disorders.In this return on analysis, used mental module OneHealth tool calculate treatment costs outcomes 36 countries between 2016 2030. We assumed linear increase coverage. factored modest improvement 5% both ability...

10.1016/s2215-0366(16)30024-4 article EN cc-by The Lancet Psychiatry 2016-04-13

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 this area remain limited, strategies for implementation scaling up programmes strong evidence base are scarce. Furthermore, the majority available focus on single or an otherwise limited risk factors. Here we present multilevel model highlighting factors excess SMD at individual, system socio‐environmental levels. Informed...

10.1002/wps.20384 article EN World Psychiatry 2017-01-26

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on health systems in most countries, and particular, the mental well-being of workers frontlines response efforts. purpose this article is to provide evidence-based overview adverse impacts healthcare during times crisis other challenging working conditions highlight importance prioritizing protecting workforce, particularly context pandemic. First, we a broad elevated risk stress, burnout, moral injury, depression, trauma, challenges...

10.3389/fpubh.2021.679397 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Public Health 2021-05-07

Following approval of the ICD‐11 by World Health Assembly in May 2019, Organization (WHO) member states will transition from ICD‐10 to ICD‐11, with reporting health statistics based on new system begin January 1, 2022. The WHO Department Mental and Substance Abuse publish Clinical Descriptions Diagnostic Guidelines (CDDG) for Mental, Behavioural Neurodevelopmental Disorders following ICD‐11’s approval. development CDDG over past decade, principles clinical utility global applicability, has...

10.1002/wps.20611 article EN World Psychiatry 2019-01-02

10.26719/2015.21.7.461 article EN Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2015-07-01

Crick Lund and colleagues describe their plans for the PRogramme Improving Mental health carE (PRIME), which aims to generate evidence on implementing scaling up integrated packages of care priority mental disorders in primary maternal contexts Ethiopia, India, Nepal, South Africa, Uganda.

10.1371/journal.pmed.1001359 article EN cc-by PLoS Medicine 2012-12-27
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