Document Type
Article
Department
Brain and Mind Institute
Abstract
Commentwww.thelancet.com/psychiatry Vol 11 September 2024 671 The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Youth Mental Health heralds a new field of research and practice with a focus on people aged 12–25 years.1 Patrick D McGorry and colleagues assert the global relevance of the field while acknowledging that much of its underpinning evidence comes from high-income countries (HICs). This distribution is problematic because 90% of children and adolescents live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), which are under- represented academically and yet have the highest burden of mental ill health. Extrapolating findings from HICs to LMICs ignores crucial diversity in young people’s socioeconomic and cultural contexts, which gives rise to variations in determinants of development, expectations of normative behaviour, and sanctions for not conforming
Publication (Name of Journal)
The Lancet Psychiatry
DOI
10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00211-6
Recommended Citation
Rose-Clark, K.,
Bitta, M.,
Sara, E.,
Tahir, J.,
Jordans, M.,
Nyongesa, M.,
Nadkarn, A.,
Patalay, P.,
Pradhan, I.,
Rahman, A.
(2024). Centring youth mental health discourse on low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Psychiatry, 11(9), 1-2.
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