Table 5. Researchers’ and stakeholders’ opinion regarding mental health research priorities in terms of disorders compared with burden of diseases (%, rank).
| Regions | Africa | Asia | The Americas | Global | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stakeholder Category |
Resear- chers (N=115) |
Stake- holders (N=35) |
Burden of
disease |
Resear- chers (N=297) |
Stake- holders (N=160) |
Burden of
disease |
Resear- chers (N=399) |
Stake- holders (N=102) |
Burden of
disease |
Resear- chers (N=811) |
Stake- holders (N=297) |
Burden of
disease |
| Dep/ Anx | 64.3 (R1) | 54.3 (R2) | 7983 (R1) | 73.1 (R1) | 74.4 (R1) | 44897(R1) | 82.5 (R1) | 73.5 (R1) | 8326 (R1) | 76.4 (R1) | 71.7 (R1) | 61207 (R1) |
| Subs Use D | 50.4 (R2) | 71.4 (R1) | 2599 (R2) | 38.4 (R3) | 59.4 (R2) | 9405 (R4) | 63.7 (R2) | 59.8 (R2) | 4919 (R2) | 52.5 (R2) | 60.9 (R2) | 16922 (R2) |
| Psychoses | 37.4 (R3) | 48.6 (R3) | 2122 (R3) | 39.7 (R2) | 37.5 (R3) | 9489 (R3) | 42.4 (R3) | 44.1 (R3) | 1490 (R3) | 40.7 (R3) | 41.1 (R3) | 13100 (R4) |
| Suicide | 16.5 (R4) | 8.6 (R6) | 1024 (R4) | 29.3 (R4) | 22.5 (R4) | 13847 (R2) | 5.5 (R6) | 20.6 (R4) | 758 (R5) | 15.8 (R5) | 20.2 (R4) | 15630 (R3) |
| Dementia | 10.4 (R5) | 20.0 (R4) | 438 (R6) | 15.5 (R5) | 15.6 (R5) | 4048 (R5) | 19.3 (R4) | 18.6 (R5) | 750 (R6) | 16.6 (R4) | 17.2 (R5) | 5236 (R6) |
| Epilepsy | 7.8 (R6) | 17.1 (R5) | 1735 (R5) | 11.1 (R6) | 4.4 (R6) | 3622 (R6) | 7.5 (R5) | 9.8 (R6) | 896 (R4) | 8.9 (R6) | 7.7 (R6) | 6254 (R5) |
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.