Shekhar Saxena

country of citizenship: India

occupation: psychiatrist, international forum participant

Shekhar Saxena, MD, FRCPsych, DAB, MRC, Psych, since 1998 has worked at the World Health Organization (WHO) and since 2010 has been the Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MSD) at World Health Organization's Headquarters Office in Geneva, Switzerland. He is recipient of the 2017 Leon Eisenberg Award. In September 2018 joined the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health as visiting professor of Global Mental Health in the Department of Global Health and Population. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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2019-02

Innovations and changes in the ICD-11 classification of mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders

Dan J. Stein, Luis Salvador-Carulla, Michael Roberts, Shekhar Saxena, Michael First
2018-04-01

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

Christian Kieling, Shekhar Saxena, María Elena Medina-Mora Icaza, Helen Herrman, Vikram Patel, Johannes Haushofer, Florence Baingana
2018-10-09

The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development

Graham Thornicroft, Shekhar Saxena, María Elena Medina-Mora Icaza, Helen Herrman, Dan Chisholm, Vikram Patel, Crick Lund, Dan J. Stein, Pamela Y Collins, Yueqin Huang, Janice L Cooper, Florence Baingana, Unaiza Niaz, Charlene Sunkel
2018-11-01

New data to support much needed policy change

Shekhar Saxena
2018-10

Global mental health: how are we doing?

Shekhar Saxena, Corrado Barbui
2018-02-01

WPA-WHO Africa Mental Health Forum - recommendations and position statement.

Shekhar Saxena
2017-03-22

Defeating epilepsy: A global public health commitment.

Shekhar Saxena
2017-02-01

Excess mortality in persons with severe mental disorders: a multilevel intervention framework and priorities for clinical practice, policy and research agendas.

Fiona Charlson, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, María Elena Medina-Mora Icaza, David Shiers, Kristian Wahlbeck, Thomas M. Laursen, Harvey Whiteford, Graham Thornicroft, Shekhar Saxena, Benjamin G Druss, Mario Maj, Pim Cuijpers, Gail L. Daumit, Abebaw Fekadu
2017-02-01

A renewed call for international representation in editorial boards of international psychiatry journals

Shekhar Saxena
2017-02-01

Physical health of people with severe mental disorders: leave no one behind

Shekhar Saxena
2017-06-01

Integrated care for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialized health settings: rising to the challenge

Shekhar Saxena
2017-06-01

Drug use disorders: impact of a public health rather than a criminal justice approach

Shekhar Saxena, Nora D. Volkow
2017-02-20

Screening for anxiety, depression, and anxious depression in primary care: A field study for ICD-11 PHC.

Marianne Rosendal, Shekhar Saxena
2016-04-12

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

Shekhar Saxena, Dan Chisholm, Pim Cuijpers
2016-11-01

Discussion of the updated WHO recommendations for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders.

Graham Thornicroft, Shekhar Saxena, Corrado Barbui
2016-10-01

Access to psychotropic medicines in low-resource settings.

Benedetto Saraceno, Shekhar Saxena, Corrado Barbui
2016-07-01

Scaling-up of treatment of depression and anxiety - Authors' reply.

Shekhar Saxena, Dan Chisholm, Pim Cuijpers
2016-06-01

Defining the syndrome associated with congenital Zika virus infection

Shekhar Saxena, Olufemi T Oladapo, Nigel Rollins
2016-10-11

Research priorities to reduce the global burden of dementia by 2025.

Igor Rudan, Mathew Varghese, Reisa Sperling, Martin Rossor, Shekhar Saxena, Maria C Carrillo, Emiliano Albanese, Yves Joanette, Heather M Snyder
2016-07-01

Making Mental Health a Global Priority.

Shekhar Saxena
2016-06-01

Time for mental health to come out of the shadows

Shekhar Saxena, Dan Chisholm
2016-10-01

Disorders related to sexuality and gender identity in the ICD-11: revising the ICD-10 classification based on current scientific evidence, best clinical practices, and human rights considerations

Shekhar Saxena, Peggy Cohen-Kettenis, Michael First
2016-05-17

The magnitude of and health system responses to the mental health treatment gap in adults in India and China

Shekhar Saxena, Vikram Patel, Benjamin G Druss
2016-01-01

Developing a science of clinical utility in diagnostic classification systems field study strategies for ICD-11 mental and behavioral disorders

Oye Gureje, Spencer C Evans, Shekhar Saxena, Michael First
2016-03-01

Sustainable development and global mental health--a Lancet Commission

Shekhar Saxena, Vikram Patel, Niall Boyce
2016-04-01

Action on mental health needs global cooperation

Pamela Y Collins, Shekhar Saxena
2016-06-01

Draft diagnostic guidelines for ICD-11 mental and behavioural disorders available for review and comment

Oye Gureje, Shekhar Saxena, Michael First
2016-10-04

Multiple somatic symptoms in primary care: A field study for ICD-11 PHC, WHO's revised classification of mental disorders in primary care settings

Marianne Rosendal, Shekhar Saxena
2015-04-28

WHO's Global Clinical Practice Network for mental health.

Oye Gureje, Maya Kulygina, Spencer C Evans, Shekhar Saxena, María Elena Medina-Mora Icaza, Michael Roberts, Jürgen Zielasek, Wolfgang Gaebel
2015-12-01

Using GRADE to update WHO recommendations for MNS.

Graham Thornicroft, Shekhar Saxena, Corrado Barbui
2015-02-01

The development of the ICD-11 Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines for Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Shekhar Saxena, Michael First
2015-03-12

Beyond the crisis: building back better mental health care in 10 emergency-affected areas using a longer-term perspective

Shekhar Saxena, Derrick Silove

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