In its World Development Report of 1993 the World Bank introduced the concept of
quantifying the global burden of different diseases using disability-adjusted life years …

Mental disorders are commonly occurring, seriously impairing, and widely under-treated in
both developed and developing countries. In short, they are a major cause of suffering …

Prior to the 1990 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study (Murray & Lopez, 1996),
prioritisation of health problems was unduly influenced by mortality data. Mortality rates and …

Aims-The paper reviews recent findings from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) surveys
on the global burden of mental disorders. Methods-The WMH surveys are representative …

Global Burden of Disease studies have highlighted mental and substance use disorders as
the leading cause of disability globally. Using the studies' findings for policy and planning …

Background The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010), estimated that a
substantial proportion of the world's disease burden came from mental, neurological and …

The global burden of disease (GBD) studies have revolutionized how we quantitate the
burden of disease. 1 Bold in vision, virtuosic in methodology, encyclopedic in scope—the …

Background The global burden of mental disorders and substance abuse has increased
38% in absolute terms (5· 8% per capita) between 1990 and 2010, from 5· 3% to 7· 4% of …

Surveys of mental disorders have been conducted within countries since the end of World
War II (Hagnell, 1966; Langner & Michael, 1963; Leighton, 1959). However, conducting such …

The publication of the first Global Burden of Disease report in 1996 (Murray & Lopez, 1996)
was a landmark event in global health for many reasons, in particular its ability to present the …