About the Authors

Corrado Barbui

corrado.barbui@univr.it

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Tarun Dua

Affiliation Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Mark van Ommeren

Affiliation Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

M. Taghi Yasamy

Affiliation Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Alexandra Fleischmann

Affiliation Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Nicolas Clark

Affiliation Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Graham Thornicroft

Affiliation Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, United Kingdom

Suzanne Hill

Affiliation Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Shekhar Saxena

Affiliation Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

SH is a member of the GRADE working group on methods for guideline development and currently chairs the WHO Guideline Review Committee that sets standards for WHO guideline development. TD, MvO, MTY, AF, NC, SH, and SS alone are responsible for the views expressed in this publication and they do not necessarily represent the decisions, policy, or views of the World Health Organization.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: CB TD MVO MTY AF NC GT SH SS. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: CB TD MVO MTY AF NC GT SH SS. Wrote the first draft of the paper: CB. Contributed to the writing of the paper: CB TD MVO MTY AF NC GT SH SS. Contributed to all three stages of the preparation.