Abstract
Mental, neurological and substance-use (MNS) disorders comprise approximately 13% of the global burden of disease. The Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health Initiative has recently identified research priorities for the next decade to address prevention and treatment of MNS disorders. One main research priority is to identify the root causes, risks and protective factors associated with global mental health. Recent advances in cultural neuroscience have identified theoretical, methodological, and empirical methods of identifying biomarkers associated with mental health disorders across nations. Here we review empirical research in cultural neuroscience that address meeting the grand challenges in global mental health.
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The authors thank Pamela Y. Collins for review and edits of the manuscript. Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institutes of Health under award number R13DA33065. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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J.Y.C., S.-C.L. and R.T. are members of the International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium and S.-Y. L.-T. and B.A.P. are members of the Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health at NIH. They contributed substantially to the conceptualization and implementation of the writing of the manuscript. All co-authors conceptualized and co-wrote drafts of the manuscript. Chiao led the revision of the manuscript drafts and coordinated all correspondence with the co-authors. Chiao, Li and Turner were the correspondents with Culture and Brain. Pringle and Lee-Tauler obtained clearance for the final manuscript from the Office of Science Policy, Planning and Communications at NIMH.
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Chiao, J.Y., Li, SC., Turner, R. et al. Cultural neuroscience and global mental health: addressing grand challenges. Cult. Brain 5, 4–13 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40167-016-0045-4
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