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Global mental health and neuroscience: potential synergies

Neuroscience holds the key to understanding the brain – and to developing more effective treatments for people with mental health disorders.

But if we are to translate the many neuroscience discoveries into better brain health and well-being for people globally, we will also need strategies and official recommendations on how these findings can be implemented. In a paper published in The Lancet Psychiatry, Professor Barbara Sahakian and colleagues suggest some ways that evidence from neuroscience can be used to improve global mental health. Please click here for an accompanying a article in The Conversation.

Posted on 05/02/2015