Maalouf Fadi T, Alamiri Bibi, Atweh Samir, Becker Anne E, Cheour Majda, Darwish Hala, Ghandour Lilian A, Ghuloum Suhaila, Hamze Mouin, Karam Elie, Khoury Brigitte, Khoury Samia J, Mokdad Ali, Meho Lokman I, Okasha Tarek, Reed Geoffrey M, Sbaity Eman, Zeinoun Pia, Akl Elie A
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Al-Manara, Kuwait Center for Mental Health, Kuwait.
Lancet Psychiatry. 2019 Nov;6(11):961-966. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30124-5. Epub 2019 Jul 18.
Although mental disorders are a leading cause of disability in the Arab region, which includes 5·54% of the global population, Arab countries produce only 1·0% of the global output of peer-reviewed publications in mental health research. Various stakeholders, including Arab mental health researchers, institutional and funding agency officials, and international research collaborators, convened to identify challenges faced by Arab mental health researchers and propose an evidence-informed call for action. Challenges identified include prevalent stigma and low awareness, conflict and war, scarce institutional and funding resources, inadequate publishing opportunities, insufficient training in mental health research, and shortage of reliable and valid assessment tools. The proposed action plan includes ways of addressing stigma and spreading awareness, increasing collaborative efforts, building research infrastructure, strengthening the mental health workforce, and translating research findings into a call to action on societal and governmental levels. The proposed action plan could provide a roadmap for Arab mental health researchers and research institutions, which might ultimately increase research productivity in the Arab region and close the gap between Arab countries and the rest of the world.
尽管精神障碍是阿拉伯地区致残的主要原因，该地区人口占全球人口的5.54%，但阿拉伯国家在精神卫生研究方面经同行评审的出版物产量仅占全球产出的1.0%。包括阿拉伯精神卫生研究人员、机构和资助机构官员以及国际研究合作者在内的各利益相关方齐聚一堂，以确定阿拉伯精神卫生研究人员面临的挑战，并提出基于证据的行动呼吁。所确定的挑战包括普遍存在的耻辱感和低认知度、冲突和战争、机构和资金资源稀缺、出版机会不足、精神卫生研究培训不足，以及可靠和有效的评估工具短缺。拟议的行动计划包括消除耻辱感和提高认知度的方法、加强合作努力、建设研究基础设施、加强精神卫生工作队伍，以及将研究结果转化为社会和政府层面的行动呼吁。拟议的行动计划可为阿拉伯精神卫生研究人员和研究机构提供路线图，这最终可能提高阿拉伯地区的研究生产力，并缩小阿拉伯国家与世界其他地区之间的差距。
