About the Authors

Charlotte Hanlon

charlotte.hanlon@kcl.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Nagendra P. Luitel

Affiliation Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Tasneem Kathree

Affiliation School of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Vaibhav Murhar

Affiliation PRIME India team, Sangath Non-Governmental Organisation, Goa, India

Sanjay Shrivasta

Affiliation PRIME India team, Sangath Non-Governmental Organisation, Goa, India

Girmay Medhin

Affiliation Aklilu-Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Joshua Ssebunnya

Affiliation Butabika National Mental Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Abebaw Fekadu

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Rahul Shidhaye

Affiliation Centre for Mental Health, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Inge Petersen

Affiliation School of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Mark Jordans

Affiliations Department of Research and Development, HealthNet Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Fred Kigozi

Affiliation Butabika National Mental Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Graham Thornicroft

Affiliation Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Vikram Patel

Affiliations Sangath Non-Governmental Organisation, Goa, India, Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Mark Tomlinson

Affiliation Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University and Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Crick Lund

Affiliation Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Erica Breuer

Affiliation Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Mary De Silva

Affiliation Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Martin Prince

Affiliation Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: NL TK VM SS GM JS AF RS IP MJ FK. Analyzed the data: CH GT VP MT CL EB MD MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH MDS EB IP MJ AF FK RS. Wrote the paper: CH. Had the idea for a situation analysis tool, which was then developed with input from all the co-authors: CH. Reviewed and commented upon the drafts of the paper: CH NL TK VM SS GM JS AF RS IP MJ FK GT VP MT CL EB MDS MP. Reviewed the final draft and agreed with submission of the paper for publication: CH NL TK VM SS GM JS AF RS IP MJ FK GT VP MT CL EB MDS MP.