Shekhar Saxena
| Shekhar Saxena, MD | |
|---|---|
 Shekhar Saxena, May 9, 2017 | |
| Born | India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist, Researcher, Professor |
Shekhar Saxena, MD, FRCPsych, DAB, MRC, Psych, since 1998 has worked at the World Health Organization (WHO)[1] and since 2010 has been the Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MSD) at World Health Organization's Headquarters Office in Geneva, Switzerland.[2] He is recipient of the 2017 Leon Eisenberg Award.
Education
- MD, Psychiatry - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India (AIIMS)
- Medical residency - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India (AIIMS)
Career
Before joining WHO in (??) and moving to Geneva, Saxena served as a clinical psychiatrist to patients in Delhi, India.[3]
He works and with many major European and North American research and academic institutions, including the NIH and National Institute of Mental Health in the USA and has been interviewed widely on television and radio, including NPR.[4]
Some of his current work involves the prevention and management of mental, developmental, neurological, and substance use disorders, and suicide prevention.[5]
On Tuesday, May 9, 2017, he received the 8th Annual Leon Eisenberg Award at the Harvard Faculty Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[6]
He is scheduled to speak to the 3rd Global Conference on Health and Lifestyle at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, July 9–13, 2019.
Personal life
Shekhar Saxena is married to Dr. Abha Saxena, Director of Global Health Ethics at the World Health Organization. She is also a medical doctor, anesthesiologist, and a bioethicist, and together they live in Geneva, Switzerland. They have two adult daughters no longer living with them.
Recent publications
- Saxena, S, O'Connell, K, Underwood, L. A Commentary: Cross-Cultural Quality-of-Life Assessment at the End of Life. Gerontologist (2002) 42 (suppl_3): 81-85. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/42.suppl_3.81. Published: 01 October 2002.
- Saxena S, Paraje G, Sharan P, Karam G, Sadana R. The 10/90 divide in mental health research: trends over a ten-year period. Br J Psychiatry 2006; 188: 81-82.
- Saxena, S., Thornicroft, G., Knapp, M. & Whiteford, H. Resources for mental health: scarcity, inequity, and inefficiency. The Lancet 370, 878–889 (2007). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61239-2.
- Prince, M. Patel, V., Saxena, S, Maj, M, Maselko, J., Phillips, MR, Rahman, A. No health without mental health. The Lancet. September 4, 2007.
- Saxena, S, Esparza, P, Regier, DA, Saraceno, B, and Sartorius, N, Eds. Public Health Aspects of Diagnosis and Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders: Refining the Research Agenda for DSM-5 and ICD-11.
- Patel V, Saxena S. “Transforming lives, enhancing communities — innovations in global mental health.” New England Journal of Medicine. 2014;370(6):498–501. Helliwell, J.F., et al. (2013). World Happiness Report. Available at http://unsdsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WorldHappinessReport2013_online.pdf.PubMed
- Vikram Patel, F. Med. Sci., and Shekhar Saxena, M.D., “Perspective. Transforming Lives, Enhancing Communities—Innovations in Global Mental Health,” The New England Journal of Medicine (January 15, 2014).
- Evans, T, Marquez, PV, and Saxena, S. (2015). “The zero hour for mental health.” The World Bank Blogs, May 4, 2015. Available at http://blogs.worldbank.org/health/zero-hour-mental-health.
- Marquez PV. “Shining a light on mental illness: An “invisible disability”? The World Bank Blogs. 2015. Dec 2, 2015. Available at http://blogs.worldbank.org/health/shining-light-mental-illness-invisible-disability;
- Saxena S, and Marquez, PV. Making Mental Health a Global Priority. Chapter 8 in Glovin, B. Cerebrum 2016: Emerging Ideas in Brain Science. The Dana Foundation.[7]
- Collins, PY, and Saxena, S. Action on mental health needs global cooperation. Nature, 06 April 2016. 532(7597).
- Kleinman A, Lockwood Estrin G, Usmani S, Chisholm D, Marquez PV, Evans TG, Saxena S. Time for mental health to come out of the shadows. Lancet. 2016;387:2274–2275. Available at:http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)30655-9/abstract. PubMed PMID 27302252. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30655-9.
- Marquez PV, Saxena S. “Mental Health Parity in the Global Health and Development Agenda” The World Bank Blogs. 2016. Apr 4, 2016. Available at http://blogs.worldbank.org/health/mental-health-parity-global-health-and-development-agenda.
References
- ↑ The Dana Foundation Author profile for Shekhar Saxena
- ↑ http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(17)30147-5/fulltext?rss=yes
- ↑ Mental Health Innovation Network policy maker profile on Shekhar Saxena
- ↑ Solving the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health: Partnerships for Research and Practice. June 12, 2014―June 13, 2014, Rockville, MD. Sponsored by Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health (ORDGMH)
- ↑ Suicide prevention: an interview with Dr Shekhar Saxena, World Health Organization
- ↑ Dr. Carola Eisenberg, former HMS Dean of Students and widow of Dr. Leon Eisenberg, Awarding 8th Leon Eisenberg Award, May 9, 2017
- ↑ The Dana Foundation's Table of Contents for Glovin, B. Cerebrum 2016: Emerging Ideas in Brain Science
External links
- Google Scholar research site for Shekhar Saxena's publications
- WHO's e-mail contact page for core Mental Health staff