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Responsibilities of stakeholders to scale up services for mental disorders in Low And Middle Income Countries

       
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LAMIC governments
 
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Initiate updating of mental health plans and policy, as appropriate.
 
 
 
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Use consensus-based national mental health plans as proposals to international donors to fund start-up costs of services.
 
 
 
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Designate a senior public health manager in the Ministry of Health with a specific role to oversee the implementation of the national mental health plan.
 
 
 
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Promote the adoption and implementation of national mental health legislation in accordance with international human rights instruments.
 
 
 
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Allocate a greater share of the available financial resources for health for the scaling up, including a specific primary mental health care component.
 
 
 
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Implement new human resource development programs in mental health.
 
 
 
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 Monitor progress through recommended indicators.
 
 
 
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Strengthen mental health perspectives in assessing the health consequences of macroeconomic policies.
 
 
 
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 Strengthen policies with proven benefits for the prevention of mental disorders, for e.g. taxation of alcohol.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HIC country governments
 
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 Increase resource allocation for mental health in international development funding and technical assistance.
 
 
 
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Invest in capacity building for mental health in LAMIC.
 
 
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Mental health professional groups  (e.g. psychiatric societies)
 
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 Move from a focus on interventions for individuals to a population-wide focus to support the planning and implementation of scaling-up of services.
 
 
 
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 Advocate for a national mental health system that provides a strong evidence based framework for effective interventions and human rights protection.
 
 
 
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 Take an active role in support and supervision of mental health care in primary care and collaboration with community based agencies.
 
 
 
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 Take an active role in enabling reduction of long-term mental hospital beds and development of community mental health programs.
 
 
 
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 Promote priority research agenda in mental health.
 
 
 
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 Strengthen public health perspective in higher training for mental health professionals.
 
 
 
 
 
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