From: Possibilities for the future of global mental health: a scenario planning approach
Drivers for change | |
• Advances in technology • Climate change • Rising political instability • Increasing urbanisation • Increasing national economic growth (e.g. middle-income becoming high-income country) • Countries becoming more inward-looking and nationalist • Poorer international relations and reduced international collaboration • Increasing war and conflict • Increasing universality of languages • Increasing migration • Rising role of big data • Widening social and economic inequalities within countries • Other global health challenges becoming more important (e.g. Antimicrobial resistance) • Improved access to education • Increasingly ageing population • Increasingly proactive role of young people in society • Increasing patient and public involvement • Increasing human rights movements • Increasing political prioritisation of mental health issues • General increase in the rapidity of global development and change • Increasing privatisation of health services • Increasing funding for mental health |