About the Authors

Mark van Ommeren

vanommerenm@who.int

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

Corrado Barbui

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Kaz de Jong

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland (MSF-H, Doctors without Borders-Holland), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tarun Dua

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

Lynne Jones

Affiliation International Medical Corps (IMC), Santa Monica, California, United States of America

Pau Perez-Sales

Affiliation Medicos del Mundo España (MdM-E, Doctors of the World-Spain), Madrid, Spain

Marian Schilperoord

Affiliation Senior Public Health Officer, Public Health and HIV Section, United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva, Switzerland

Peter Ventevogel

Affiliation HealthNet TPO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

M. Taghi Yasamy

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

Shekhar Saxena

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the institutions that they serve.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft: MvO. Contributed to the writing of the paper: MvO CB TD LJ KdJ PP-S MS PV TY SS. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MvO CB TD LJ KdJ PP-S MS PV TY SS. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: MvO CB TD LJ KdJ PP-S MS PV TY SS.