Aims & structure.
The Lancet Commissions are based on the premise that organised science can provide a strong platform for advocacy. Commissions bring together multidisciplinary, international teams to produce evidence-led reports that are aimed at creating transformational change in response to urgent, and often neglected or understudied health problems. A Commission works over a long period (usually 2-3 years) to produce a report of around 25,000 words that includes key messages and recommendations. These reports are the result of a rigorous peer-review process and their findings are backed up by the best available science and published in a Lancet journal. This is what makes them such powerful tools for pursuing policy change and political action. ​

Aims

​The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on psychoses in global context is led by Professor Craig Morgan and aims to:

1. To summarise global evidence

Provide a definitive summary of global evidence on psychosis, in terms of their epidemiology, phenomenology, course and outcome, comorbidity, treatment, prevention, biological and psychological mechanisms, economic cost and broader impact, user movements, and human rights protections.​

2. To identify knowledge gaps

Identify current gaps in our knowledge of psychoses from a global perspective.​

3. To highlight how psychosis is neglected

Highlight the relative neglect of psychosis in the global (mental) health agenda and in terms of global investment in research, services and policy reform.​

4. To set out a road map

To set out a roadmap for researchers, funders, service planners and policymakers to address key challenges in reducing the global burden of psychotic disorders.​

5. To call to action

To issue a call to action targeted at influencing international and national level policy and advocacy efforts, to prioritise psychotic disorders in the global health agenda.

Structure

The Commission has an editorial board and is organised in five work packages.

Lived Experience Involvement 

The Commissioners are aiming to ensure people with lived experience are able to get involved and contribute to the report. Please contact us if you are interested in collaborating in the Commission. If you would like to submit a contribution to the systematic review on research led or co-led by people with lived experience please follow this link.