Resistant insistent persistent: A global call by mental health nursing leaders
In recent years, the global mental health landscape has shifteddramatically. Rising rates of mental illness and distress, com-pounded by geopolitical instability, climate-related trauma andsystemic inequities, have placed unprecedented pressure on men-tal health systems worldwide (World Health Organization 2022,2025). Amid this crisis, mental health nurses—who comprisenearly half of the global mental health workforce—remainunder-recognised, under-resourced and under-represented inglobal and national leadership and policymaking (World HealthOrganization 2025; Jackson et al. 2025). The November 2025 Mental Health Nursing Leaders' Summit in Barcelona, Spain,marks a pivotal moment to reclaim visibility, assert disciplinaryself-determination and chart a transformative path forward.
Authors
- Aisling Culhane
- Sarah Flogen
- Daniel Wesemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6635-9188)
- Nathan Dart
- Rhonda Lynne Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9252-2321)
- Catherine Daniel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-3950)
- Tanya Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2462-7628)
- Catherine Hungerford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3106-2100)
- Oliver Higgins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6545-145X)
- Hineroa Hakiaha
- Frederik Alkier Gildberg
- Wendy Cross
- Kim Usher
- Vanessa Sánchez-Martínez
- John Baker
- Silvia Rosado-Figuerola
- Antonio Rafael Moreno Poyato
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona)
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00