Mental Health Matters: From Cross-Cultural Perspectives

 Dear Colleagues,

Awareness of mental health has been increasing rapidly worldwide in recent years, and even more so since the outbreak of COVID-19. Depression is now regarded as one of the most debilitating diseases of all, and wellbeing is incorporated into the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. In order for all of us to have a happy life, mental health cannot be ignored. As the UK government announced, our health cannot be achieved without good mental health. Likewise, turning to Asia, the word ‘health (健康)’ in Chinese and Japanese includes both a healthful body and a calm mind. The Japanese government implemented the work style reform to protect employees’ mental health. While these movements suggest the importance of mental health worldwide, a universal definition of mental health still remains to be defined. This is partly attributed to a lack of understanding of mental health from different cultures. How an individual regards mental health can be largely differ according to their culture. Accordingly, this Special Issue aims to address this problem by introducing alternative views to mental health through discussing cross-cultural psychiatric matters. 

We are interested in various types of manuscripts, including original research, systematic reviews, reviews, mini-reviews, policy and practice reviews, perspectives, clinical trials, case reports, community case studies, brief research reports, and general commentaries. 

Dr. Yasuhiro Kotera
Dr. Elaina Taylor
Guest Editors

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