Rethinking funding priorities in mental health research. (June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lewis-Fernández, Roberto; Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane; Betts, Virginia Trotter; Greenman, Lisa; Essock, Susan M.; Escobar, Javier I.; Barch, Deanna; Hogan, Michael F.; Areán, Patricia A.; Druss, Benjamin G.; DiClemente, Ralph J.; McGlashan, Thomas H.; Jeste, Dilip V.; Proctor, Enola K.; Ruiz, Pedro; Rush, A. John; Canino, Glorisa J.; Bell, Carl C.; Henry, Renata; Iversen, Portia
• Is Part Of: British journal of psychiatry. Volume 208:Number 6(2016)
• Page Start: 507
• Page End: 509
• Publication Date: 2016-06
• Subjects: Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Psychology, Pathological -- Periodicals; 616.89005
• DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.179895
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1250

Abstract

Summary: Mental health research funding priorities in high-income countries must balance longer-term investment in identifying neurobiological mechanisms of disease with shorter-term funding of novel prevention and treatment strategies to alleviate the current burden of mental illness. Prioritising one area of science over others risks reduced returns on the entire scientific portfolio.