GHSM faculty members Giuseppe Raviola, Anne Becker, and Paul Farmer contributed to recent commentaries published in the Lancet in a special series on global mental health.The Lancet Series on Global Mental Health 2011 features six articles:

• Poverty and mental disorders: breaking the cycle in low-income and middle-income countries;
• Child and adolescent mental health worldwide: evidence for action;
• Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: linking practice and research;
• Scale up of services for mental health in low-income and middle-income countries;
• Human resources for mental health care: current situation and strategies for action; and
• Human rights violations of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities: an unresolved global crisis.

In addition, there are four commentaries on the series, including one by Raviola, Becker, and Farmer: A global scope for global health—including mental health. Vikram Patel, Pamela Collins, Theresa Betancourt, and Myron Belfer are also among the many authors contributing to the series.