title: Comprehensive SDG goal and targets for non-communicable diseases and mental health.
abstract: The negotiations on the SDG goals and targets, leading to the sustainable development Declaration in September 2015, are now in the final stages. Ensuring that people with mental disorders are not left behind in the global development program from 2015 to 2030 will require specific and explicit commitments and targets against which progress in mental health can be measured and reported. The arguments for inclusion of explicit mental health targets in the SDGs are compelling. The final negotiations on the SDG goals and targets will now determine whether people with mental illness and psychosocial disabilities will continue to be neglected or will benefit equitably from inclusion in the post-2015 development program.
authors.affiliation: Global and Cultural Mental Health Unit, Centre for Mental Health, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton, VIC 3010 Australia.
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Minas
authors.affiliation: International Institute for Global Health, United Nations University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Atsuro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Development Learning Center, The World Bank, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Izutsu
authors.affiliation: International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression, Baltimore, MD USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goetzke
authors.affiliation: Centre for Global Mental Health, King's College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thornicroft
keywords: Development; Sustainable development goals (SDG)