Medical technology message in WHO mental health campaign
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The (WHO) has launched a campaign to highlight the unmet service needs of mental health, calling for this to be made a far bigger investment priority. The initiative is targeted at low- and middle-income countries, but as brain imaging gains credence as a key early diagnostic/theranostic and therapy monitoring tool, with important clinical- and cost-effectiveness implications, it also underlines medtech investment needs in developed health systems.