Rethinking funding priorities in mental health research

Journal title PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE
Author/s Roberto Lewis-Fernández, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Virginia Trotter Betts, Lisa Greenman, Susan M. Essock, Javier I. Escobar, Deanna Barch, Michael F. Hogan, Patricia A. Areàn, Benjamin G. Druss, Ralph J. DiClemente, Thomas H. McGlashan, Dilip V. Jeste, Enola K. Proctor, Pedro Ruiz, A. John Rush, Glorisa J. Canino, Carl C. Bell, Renata Henry, Portia Iversen
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2017/1 Language Italian
Pages 6 P. 119-124 File size 37 KB
DOI 10.3280/PU2017-001007
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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. Prioritizing one area of science over others risks reduced returns on the entire scientific portfolio. (This article is an editorial that appeared in issue no. 6/2016 of The British Journal of Psychiatry, and in this Italian translation it is followed by three discussions, respectively by Giovanni de Girolamo, Andrea Fagiolini, and Giacomo Rizzolatti).

Keywords: Investments in mental health research; Scientific research; Balance in investment areas; Neurosciences; Applied research

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Roberto Lewis-Fernández, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Virginia Trotter Betts, Lisa Greenman, Susan M. Essock, Javier I. Escobar, Deanna Barch, Michael F. Hogan, Patricia A. Areàn, Benjamin G. Druss, Ralph J. DiClemente, Thomas H. McGlashan, Dilip V. Jeste, Enola K. Proctor, Pedro Ruiz, A. John Rush, Glorisa J. Canino, Carl C. Bell, Renata Henry, Portia Iversen, Dibattiti. Ripensare le priorità nei finanziamenti della ricerca sulla salute mentale in "PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE" 1/2017, pp 119-124, DOI: 10.3280/PU2017-001007