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Shekhar Saxena is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Psychology, with a significant focus on Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. Their research spans related subfields, including General Health Professions, Health, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their body of work addresses numerous main topics, such as:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Global Health Care Issues

Shekhar Saxena frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Graham Thornicroft
  • Manasi Kumar
  • Keng-Yen Huang
  • Pallab K. Maulik
  • Mary M. McKay

Their research has been published extensively in notable academic venues, with multiple publications in:

  • The Lancet Psychiatry
  • The Lancet Public Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Trials

Among recent publications connected to their field of work are:

  • "Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update," 2022, Autism Research
  • "Prioritizing the Mental Health and Well-Being of Healthcare Workers: An Urgent Global Public Health Priority," 2021, Frontiers in Public Health
  • "COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health," 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Quantifying the global burden of mental disorders and their economic value," 2022, EClinicalMedicine
  • "Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward," 2022, Perspectives on Psychological Science

Best Publications

  • The world health organization quality of life assessment (WHOQOL) - position paper from the world health organization

    W. Kuyken;J. Orley;M. Power;H. Herrman

  • No health without mental health.

    Martin Prince;Vikram Patel;Shekhar Saxena;Mario Maj

  • The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL): development and general psychometric properties.

    M.J. Power;W. Kuyken;J. Orley;H. Herman

  • The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development.

    Vikram Patel;Shekhar Saxena;Crick Lund;Crick Lund;Graham Thornicroft

  • Grand challenges in global mental health

    Pamela Y. Collins;Vikram Patel;Vikram Patel;Sarah S. Joestl;Dana March;Dana March

  • The treatment gap in mental health care.

    Robert Kohn;Shekhar Saxena;Itzhak Levav;Benedetto Saraceno

  • Resources for mental health: scarcity, inequity, and inefficiency

    Shekhar Saxena;Graham Thornicroft;Martin Knapp;Harvey Whiteford

  • Prevalence of intellectual disability: a meta-analysis of population-based studies.

    Pallab K. Maulik;Maya N. Mascarenhas;Colin D. Mathers;Tarun Dua

  • Developing the World Health Organization disability assessment schedule 2.0

    T Bedirhan Üstün;Somnath Chatterji;Nenad Kostanjsek;Jürgen Rehm

  • Dementia: a public health priority

    Daisy Acosta;Ennapadam S Krishnamoorthy;Marc Wortmann

  • Scaling-up treatment of depression and anxiety: a global return on investment analysis.

    Dan Chisholm;Kim Sweeny;Peter Sheehan;Bruce Rasmussen

  • New WHO prevalence estimates of mental disorders in conflict settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Fiona Charlson;Fiona Charlson;Fiona Charlson;Mark van Ommeren;Abraham Flaxman;Joseph Cornett

  • Drinking to death: the changing face of liver disease

    MG Griswold;N Fullman;C Hawley;N Arian

  • NCD Countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4

    James E Bennett;Gretchen A Stevens;Colin D Mathers;Ruth Bonita

  • Human resources for mental health care: current situation and strategies for action

    Ritsuko Kakuma;Ritsuko Kakuma;Harry Minas;Nadja van Ginneken;Mario R Dal Poz

  • Social determinants of mental disorders and the Sustainable Development Goals: a systematic review of reviews

    Crick Lund;Crick Lund;Carrie Brooke-Sumner;Carrie Brooke-Sumner;Florence Baingana;Emily Claire Baron

  • Depression: a global public health concern

    M. Marcus;MT Yasamy;M Van Ommeren;D Chisholm

  • Scale up services for mental disorders: a call for action.

    D Chisholm;A J Flisher;C Lund;V Patel

  • Scale up of services for mental health in low-income and middle-income countries.

    Julian Eaton;Layla McCay;Maya Semrau;Sudipto Chatterjee

  • Comprehensive mental health action plan 2013-2020.

    S Saxena;M K Funk;D Chisholm

Frequent Co-Authors

Vikram Patel
Vikram Patel Harvard University
Geoffrey M. Reed
Geoffrey M. Reed Columbia University
Graham Thornicroft
Graham Thornicroft King's College London
Oye Gureje
Oye Gureje University of Ibadan
Martin Prince
Martin Prince King's College London
Helen Herrman
Helen Herrman University of Melbourne
Corrado Barbui
Corrado Barbui University of Verona
María Elena Medina-Mora
María Elena Medina-Mora National Autonomous University of Mexico
Crick Lund
Crick Lund University of Cape Town
Jürgen Rehm
Jürgen Rehm University of Toronto

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