Professor of the Practice of Global Mental Health
Global Health and Population
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.
Aknin LB, Andretti B, Goldszmidt R, Helliwell JF, Petherick A, De Neve JE, Dunn EW, Fancourt D, Goldberg E, Jones SP, Karadag O, Karam E, Layard R, Saxena S, Thornton E, Whillans A, Zaki J.
Lancet Public Health. 2022 May. 7(5):e417-e426. PMID: 35461592
Moitra M, Santomauro D, Collins PY, Vos T, Whiteford H, Saxena S, Ferrari AJ.
PLoS Med. 2022 02. 19(2):e1003901. PMID: 35167593
Campion J, Javed A, Lund C, Sartorius N, Saxena S, Marmot M, Allan J, Udomratn P.
Lancet Psychiatry. 2022 02. 9(2):169-182. PMID: 35065723
Saxena S, Kline S.
Lancet Psychiatry. 2021 11. 8(11):941-942. PMID: 34587476
Occhipinti JA, Skinner A, Doraiswamy PM, Fox C, Herrman H, Saxena S, London E, Song YJC, Hickie IB.
Nature. 2021 09. 597(7878):633-636. PMID: 34565800
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
Spagnolo J, Naslund JA, Saeed K, Saxena S.
Lancet Psychiatry. 2021 07. 8(7):557-559. PMID: 34147169
Søvold LE, Naslund JA, Kousoulis AA, Saxena S, Qoronfleh MW, Grobler C, Münter L.
Front Public Health. 2021. 9:679397. PMID: 34026720
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
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
A global pandemic. Horrific acts of police violence. Political upheaval. The climate crisis.The opioid epidemic. With sources of stress piling up and intersecting in new ways, a growing number of mental health experts are looking to root-cause solutions.
Shekhar Saxena discusses the impact of COVID-19 on mental health, and what can be done to support those who are struggling.
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You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Shekhar Saxena, professor of the practice of global mental health at the Department of Global Health and Population. This call was recorded…