King's College London, London, UK.
Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015 Feb 23;4(4):249-51. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.40. eCollection 2015 Apr.
Factors influencing cross-national diffusion of mental health policy are important to understand but complex to research. This commentary discusses Shen's research study on cross-national diffusion of mental health policy; examines the extent to which the three questions researched by Shen (whether countries are more likely to have a mental health policy (a) the earlier a country becomes a member of World Health Organization (WHO), (b) the more international aid a country receives, and (c) the more neighbouring countries already have a mental health policy) are in fact able to assess WHO's impact on cross-national diffusion of mental health policy. The commentary then suggests a range of more specific questions which may be used to further elucidate the impact of WHO on an individual country, and considers the relative value of published mental health policy compared with the integration of mental health into national health sector strategies and other sector reforms, and concludes with a call for more integration of mental health across all WHO activities at international, regional and country levels.
影响精神卫生政策跨国传播的因素很重要，但研究起来很复杂。本评论讨论了沈博士关于精神卫生政策跨国传播的研究；研究了沈博士研究的三个问题（一个国家成为世界卫生组织（WHO）成员的时间越早，该国越有可能制定精神卫生政策，一个国家接受的国际援助越多，以及邻国已经制定了精神卫生政策的国家越多）在多大程度上能够评估世卫组织对精神卫生政策跨国传播的影响。然后，该评论提出了一系列更具体的问题，这些问题可能用于进一步阐明世卫组织对个别国家的影响，并考虑发布的精神卫生政策与将精神卫生纳入国家卫生部门战略和其他部门改革的相对价值，最后呼吁在国际、区域和国家各级将精神卫生纳入世卫组织所有活动中。
