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NHMRC funding of mental health research
Author(s) -
Batterham Philip J,
McGrath John,
McGorry Patrick D,
KayLambkin Frances J,
Hickie Ian B,
Christensen Helen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja16.00179
Subject(s) - mental health , excellence , research centre , library science , sociology , media studies , medicine , political science , psychiatry , computer science , law
ental health research has long been the poor cousin in medical research, despite mental Millness being both an independent and comorbid risk factor for every major medical disease, and a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality. Of the five major non-communicable disease areas, mental illness has the largest impact on the world economy by reducing gross domestic product. Yet, 11 times more money is donated from the private and corporate sectors to cancer research than to mental health research. In addition, cancer research receives twice the funding from governments.