From ‘Invisible Problem’ to Global Priority: The Inclusion of Mental Health in the Sustainable Development Goals
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Perceptions regarding the importance of mental health are shifting at a global level. Once described as an ‘invisible problem’ in international development, mental health is now being framed as one of the most pressing development issues of our time. Concern over the historical absence of mental health from the development agenda — despite its being regarded as a major obstacle to development — has led to its recent inclusion in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This article critically examines three intersecting axes key to its inclusion in the SDGs: 1) the conceptualization and calculation of the contribution of mental disorder to the global burden of disease; 2) the quantification of mental disorder as an economic burden; and 3) the relationship between mental distress and poverty. The article highlights the urgent need to foster a more nuanced understanding of the interplay between mental health and development, and shows how, at times, interventions in the two fields work together in producing reductionist, economistic, individualized and psychologized responses to poverty.
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- Authors
- Mills, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Sheffield (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Mills, China
- ORCID
- Mills, China
- Venue
- Development and Change
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-03-06
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 843-866
- ISSN
- 0012-155X (ISSN-L)
- 1467-7660
- OpenAlex
- W2622033699
- Cited by
- 87
- References
- 98
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6
- FWCI
- 9.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Development and Change (publishedVersion)
- White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
- City Research Online (City University London) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Human Rights and Development
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Rights and Representation
- Keywords
- mental health, Sustainable Development Goals, global burden of disease, economic burden of mental disorders, poverty, reductionism, economism, individualization, psychologization, international development agenda
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