The primary cause of the worldwide burden of years of disability is mental illness. Individuals, families, communities, and the world as a whole bear the brunt of untreated mental illnesses. Universal coverage of cost-effective mental health interventions, which is one of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals, is a significant tool for reducing this burden. 

Mental healthcare can be integrated into universal healthcare. There needs to be a staged approach where interventions are delivered based on the severity of the symptoms as well as their impact on distress and disability. This is consistent with the idea that self-care and non-specialist providers with the necessary skills can provide the majority of care for people who are experiencing mild, early, or transient stages of mental illness. This allows those who need more intense therapies to be sent to expert doctors while also allowing them to recover more quickly. This method, which places less emphasis on biomedical diagnosis, is also less stigmatizing and more likely to be accepted by the general public. 

According to Patel V, Saxena S. from the article Achieving universal health coverage for mental disorders BMJ 2019. They have identified 5 key elements needed to incorporate mental health to primary care, they refer to it as "5C approach" 

Integrating mental health into universal health coverage using the "5C" approach
Person-centered care - focuses on what matters to the patient rather than what is wrong with the patient, which translates to addressing functional needs, multiple morbidities, and social suffering, as well as the person's empowerment to use their personal and community resources to enable a dignified recovery.

Continuing or long-term planning - recognizing that "cure" is a rare occurrence and that the purpose of care is to improve one's quality of life and health

Community platform of delivery - interaction with families and the broader community to address stigma, adherence, and other obstacles to successful care uptake

Collaborative care - involves seamless coordination by community health workers or case managers of primary care and specialty providers, to achieve high coverage of quality care and early "scaling up" of the intensity of care when needed

Compassionate stance - instills hope, which is a major component of patient involvement, stimulates health-promoting behaviors, and takes use of the placebo effect (which has a robust neuroscientific basis)

The aim of this petition is that integration must emphasize the need of high-quality care for both mental illnesses and co-existing physical health disorders. This is a wake-up call for every people that having mental health issues is equivalent to the needs of physical health issues and it is not just "kaartehan."