Maryann Davis, PhD, Lancet Psychiatry Commission author on youth mental health

iSPARC and Transitions ACR Professor Emerita Maryann Davis, PhD, served as a member of the Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Youth Mental Health. The Commission has published a paper that provides the first comprehensive worldwide view of the state of youth mental health. It highlights the gap between the prevalence and impact of mental ill-health among young people, and the insufficient policy and funding responses from governments, with only 2% of global health budgets allocated to addressing it.   The Commission authors are academic, service, economic, and policy experts, as well as 10 youth commissioners from around the world, with young voices and perspectives from Australia, Zambia, Morocco, Canada, India, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brazil and Canada represented.  The paper offers real, relevant, and endorsed solutions to this gigantic gap between needs and relevant, effective services.

The complete paper titled: The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health can be found in The Lancet Psychiatry September 2024 Volume 11 Issue 9. The article is available for free: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(24)00163-9/abstract.