Table 2. Researchers’ and stakeholders’ opinion regarding mental health research priorities: disorders (%, rank).
| Regions | Africa | Asia | The Americas | Global | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stakeholder Category |
Researchers (N=115) |
Stakeholders (N=35) |
Projects (N=263) |
Researchers (N=297) |
Stakeholders (N=160) |
Projects (N=689) |
Researchers (N=399) |
Stakeholders (N=102) |
Projects (N=903) |
Researchers (N=811) |
Stakeholders (N=297) |
Projects (N=1855) |
| Dep/ Anx | 64.3 (R1) | 54.3 (R2) | 43.0 (R1) | 73.1 (R1) | 74.4 (R1) | 40.1 (R1) | 82.5 (R1) | 73.5 (R1) | 34.6 (R1) | 76.4 (R1) | 71.7 (R1) | 37.8 (R1) |
| Subs Use D | 50.4 (R2) | 71.4 (R1) | 27.0 (R2) | 38.4 (R3.5) | 59.4 (R2) | 18.0 (R3) | 63.7 (R2) | 59.8 (R2) | 23.7 (R2) | 52.5 (R2) | 60.9 (R2) | 22.0 (R2) |
| Psychoses | 37.4 (R3) | 48.6 (R3) | 24.7 (R3) | 39.7 (R2) | 37.5 (R3) | 27.6 (R2) | 42.4 (R3) | 44.1 (R4) | 14.5 (R3) | 40.7 (R3) | 41.1 (R3) | 20.8 (R3) |
| Child Adol D | 44.3 (R4) | 28.6 (R4) | 12.5 (R5.5) | 38.4 (R3.5) | 36.9 (R4) | 11.6 (R6) | 33.6 (R4) | 45.1 (R3) | 10.3 (R5) | 36.9 (R4) | 38.7 (R4) | 11.1 (R6) |
| Suicide | 16.5 (R5) | 8.6 (R9) | 13.7 (R4) | 29.3 (R5) | 22.5 (R5) | 11.8 (R5) | 5.5 (R10) | 20.6 (R7) | 8.4 (R7) | 15.8 (R6) | 20.2 (R5) | 10.4 (R7) |
| Dementia | 10.4 (R8) | 20.0 (R5.5) | 10.3 (R7) | 15.5 (R7) | 15.6 (R6) | 11.3 (R7) | 19.3 (R5) | 18.6 (R8.5) | 12.3 (R4) | 16.6 (R5) | 17.2 (R7.5) | 11.6 (R4) |
| Personality | 13.0 (R6.5) | 20.0 (R5.5) | 12.5 (R5.5) | 17.2 (R6) | 12.5 (R8) | 14.4 (R4) | 12.5 (R7) | 25.5 (R5) | 8.6 (R6) | 14.3 (R8) | 17.8 (R6) | 11.3 (R5) |
| Learning D | 13.0 (R6.5) | 11.4 (R8) | 5.7 (R9) | 15.2 (R8) | 15.0 (R7) | 5.8 (R9) | 14.8 (R6) | 22.5 (R6) | 4.8 (R9) | 14.7 (R7) | 17.2 (R7.5) | 5.3 (R10) |
| Epilepsy | 7.8 (R9) | 17.1 (R7) | 9.1 (R8) | 11.1 (R9) | 4.4 (R9) | 8.4 (R8) | 7.5 (R9) | 9.8 (R10) | 4.2 (R10) | 8.9 (R9) | 7.7 (R9) | 6.5 (R8) |
| EatingD | 2.6 (R10) | 0.0 (R10) | 4.9 (R10) | 3.0 (R10) | 1.9 (R10) | 3.8 (R10) | 7.8 (R8) | 18.6 (R8.5) | 7.6 (R8) | 5.3 (R10) | 7.4 (R10) | 5.8 (R9) |
| Others | 20.0 | 8.6 | 31.2 | 12.5 | 6.9 | 28.4 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 28.1 | 12.3 | 8.1 | 28.7 |
R: rank
Dep/Anx, Depression/anxiety; Subs Use D, Substance use disorders; Child Adol D, Disorders with onset in childhood and adolescence; Personality,
Personality issues; Learning D, Learning disorders; Eating D, Eating disorders.
Note: The sum for some variables is more than 100% because subjects could give multiple responses within the same category.