PMID- 25110518
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140811
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1752-4458 (Print)
IS  - 1752-4458 (Electronic)
IS  - 1752-4458 (Linking)
VI  - 8
DP  - 2014
TI  - Goals and organisational structure of the movement for global mental health.
PG  - 31
LID - 10.1186/1752-4458-8-31 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The Movement for Global Mental Health (MGMH), established in 2008, is 
      in a period of transition, as is the field of global mental health. The transfer 
      of Secretariat functions from the Centre for International Mental Health to the 
      Public Health Foundation of India was a suitable time to reflect on the goals of 
      MGMH and on the form of organisational structure that would best serve the 
      organisation in its efforts to achieve its goals. METHODS: An online survey was 
      sent to the 4,000 registered members of MGMH seeking the views of the membership 
      on both the goals of MGMH and on the preferred form of organisational structure. 
      RESULTS: There was near unanimous (95%) agreement with the MGMH goals as stated 
      at the time of the survey. The current form of organisation of MGMH, a loose 
      network of individuals and organisations registered through the MGMH website, was 
      the least preferred (29.9%) form of organisation for the future of MGMH. More 
      than two thirds (70.1%) of respondents would prefer a formal legal structure, 
      with 60% of this group favouring a Charitable Organisation structure and 40% 
      preferring an international Association structure. DISCUSSION: The response rate 
      (7%) was too small and too skewed (predominantly academics and health 
      professionals from high income countries) to allow any clear conclusions to be 
      drawn from the survey. However, both the fact that responses were too few and 
      skewed and the preferences expressed by respondents raise issues for careful 
      consideration by the current MGMH Secretariat. CONCLUSIONS: The global mental 
      health field and MGMH are in a time of transition. The move to the new 
      secretariat is an opportunity for systematic consideration of the organisational 
      structure and governance arrangements that will best serve the goals of MGMH.
FAU - Minas, Harry
AU  - Minas H
AD  - Global and Cultural Mental Health Unit, Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne 
      School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 
      Australia ; Movement for Global Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia.
FAU - Wright, Alexandra
AU  - Wright A
AD  - Global and Cultural Mental Health Unit, Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne 
      School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 
      Australia ; Movement for Global Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia.
FAU - Kakuma, Ritsuko
AU  - Kakuma R
AD  - Global and Cultural Mental Health Unit, Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne 
      School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 
      Australia ; Movement for Global Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140723
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Ment Health Syst
JT  - International journal of mental health systems
JID - 101294224
PMC - PMC4127045
EDAT- 2014/08/12 06:00
MHDA- 2014/08/12 06:01
PMCR- 2014/07/23
CRDT- 2014/08/12 06:00
PHST- 2014/07/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/07/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/08/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/08/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/08/12 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2014/07/23 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1752-4458-8-31 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1752-4458-8-31 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Ment Health Syst. 2014 Jul 23;8:31. doi: 10.1186/1752-4458-8-31. 
      eCollection 2014.