TY - JOUR
T1 - The 10/90 divide in mental health research
T2 - Trends over a 10-year period
AU - Saxena, Shekhar
AU - Paraje, Guillermo
AU - Sharan, Pratap
AU - Karam, Ghassan
AU - Sadana, Ritu
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - A search (precision value 94%, recall value 93%) of the ISI Web of Science database (1992-2001) revealed that mental health publications accounted for 3-4% of the health literature. A10/90 divide in internationally accessible mental health literature was evident and remained undiminished through 10 years as low- and middle-income countries (n=152) contributed only 6%, high-income countries (n=54) 94%, and 14 leading high-income countries (with more than 1% contribution for majority of years under consideration) contributed 90% of internationally accessible mental health research. Steps should be taken to improve the research infrastructure and capacity to conduct and disseminate mental health research in general, and on a priority basis in low- and middle-income countries.
AB - A search (precision value 94%, recall value 93%) of the ISI Web of Science database (1992-2001) revealed that mental health publications accounted for 3-4% of the health literature. A10/90 divide in internationally accessible mental health literature was evident and remained undiminished through 10 years as low- and middle-income countries (n=152) contributed only 6%, high-income countries (n=54) 94%, and 14 leading high-income countries (with more than 1% contribution for majority of years under consideration) contributed 90% of internationally accessible mental health research. Steps should be taken to improve the research infrastructure and capacity to conduct and disseminate mental health research in general, and on a priority basis in low- and middle-income countries.
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U2 - 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.011221
DO - 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.011221
M3 - Article
C2 - 16388075
AN - SCOPUS:29644438440
SN - 0007-1250
VL - 188
SP - 81
EP - 82
JO - British Journal of Psychiatry
JF - British Journal of Psychiatry
IS - JAN.
ER -