Professor

Shekhar Saxena

Professor of the Practice of Global Mental Health

Global Health and Population

ssaxena@hsph.harvard.edu

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Overview

Shekhar Saxena is Professor of the Practice of Global Mental Health at the Department of Global Health and Population at the Havard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. A psychiatrist by training, he served in World Health Organization (WHO) from 1998 to 2018, being the Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse from 2010 to 2018. In 2017, he received the prestigious Leon Eisenberg Award from Harvard Medical School. Author of more than 350 academic papers, he functioned as an editor of the Lancet Series on Global Mental Health 2007 and 2011, and the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development 2018. His expertise includes providing advice and technical assistance to policy makers on prevention and management of mental, developmental, neurological and substance use disorders and suicide prevention. He is contributing actively to Global Mental Health at Harvard initiative.

Bibliography

Countdown Global Mental Health 2030: data to drive action and accountability.

Saxena S, Kline S.

Lancet Psychiatry. 2021 Sep 24. PMID: 34587476

Mental health: build predictive models to steer policy.

Occhipinti JA, Skinner A, Doraiswamy PM, Fox C, Herrman H, Saxena S, London E, Song YJC, Hickie IB.

Nature. 2021 Sep. 597(7878):633-636. PMID: 34565800

Mapping services at two Nairobi County primary health facilities: identifying challenges and opportunities in integrated mental health care as a Universal Health Coverage (UHC) priority.

Kumar M, Nyongesa V, Kagoya M, Mutamba BB, Amugune B, Krishnam NS, Wambua GN, Petersen I, Gachuno O, Saxena S.

Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 17. 20(1):37. PMID: 34404421

Where are the regional gaps in the scientific evidence?

Spagnolo J, Naslund JA, Saeed K, Saxena S.

Lancet Psychiatry. 2021 07. 8(7):557-559. PMID: 34147169

An integrated community and primary healthcare worker intervention to reduce stigma and improve management of common mental disorders in rural India: protocol for the SMART Mental Health programme.

Daniel M, Maulik PK, Kallakuri S, Kaur A, Devarapalli S, Mukherjee A, Bhattacharya A, Billot L, Thornicroft G, Praveen D, Raman U, Sagar R, Kant S, Essue B, Chatterjee S, Saxena S, Patel A, Peiris D.

Trials. 2021 Mar 02. 22(1):179. PMID: 33653406

COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health.

Kola L, Kohrt BA, Hanlon C, Naslund JA, Sikander S, Balaji M, Benjet C, Cheung EYL, Eaton J, Gonsalves P, Hailemariam M, Luitel NP, Machado DB, Misganaw E, Omigbodun O, Roberts T, Salisbury TT, Shidhaye R, Sunkel C, Ugo V, van Rensburg AJ, Gureje O, Pathare S, Saxena S, Thornicroft G, Patel V.

Lancet Psychiatry. 2021 06. 8(6):535-550. PMID: 33639109

Depression and Viral Suppression Among Adults Living with HIV in Tanzania.

Regan M, Muhihi A, Nagu T, Aboud S, Ulenga N, Kaaya S, Fawzi MCS, Yousafzai AK, Mugusi F, Fawzi WW, Saxena S, Koenen K, Sudfeld CR.

AIDS Behav. 2021 Oct. 25(10):3097-3105. PMID: 33598866

Editorial: Strengthening Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Services and Systems in Lower-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).

Kumar M, Bhat A, Unützer J, Saxena S.

Front Psychiatry. 2021. 12:645073. PMID: 33633617

Mental Health Consequences for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review to Draw Lessons for LMICs.

Moitra M, Rahman M, Collins PY, Gohar F, Weaver M, Kinuthia J, Rössler W, Petersen S, Unutzer J, Saxena S, Huang KY, Lai J, Kumar M.

Front Psychiatry. 2021. 12:602614. PMID: 33584383

The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling.

Wardle H, Degenhardt L, Ceschia A, Saxena S.

Lancet Public Health. 2021 01. 6(1):e2-e3. PMID: 33417844

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