According to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO), more than one billion people worldwide are living with mental health conditions. Despite some progress in national policies, reports highlight immediate intervals in investment, service distribution and legal reform, underlining the need for a global scale in mental health care.
The findings published in the World Mental Health Today and Mental Health Atlas 2024 suggest that conditions such as anxiety and depression are among the most common and cumbersome disorders. They are the second major cause of long -term disability, which estimates an economic loss of more than 1 trillion annually due to productivity and health care costs.
“Changing mental health services is one of the most pressurized public health challenges,” Dr. WHO Director General Dr.. Tedros Adnom Gabrisus said. “Each government has the responsibility of working with urgency and ensure that mental health care is not considered as a privilege, but as a basic right to all.”
Major Findings
Suicide: About 727,000 people died of suicide in 2021, causing it a major cause of death among young people. At the present pace, the decrease in global suicides will be reduced by the United Nations target of 2030.
Economic toll: Depression and anxiety disorders alone spend more than US $ 1 trillion to the global economy alone.
Health Workforce: With a severe decrease in global medium low and medium -income countries, there are only 13 mental health workers per 100,000 people.
Investment: The middle government’s expenses on mental health were stuck at 2% of the total health budget since 2017. In low -income countries, the expenditure is low as US $ 0.04 per capita.
Progress and Gaps
While many countries have updated policies and expanded telehales and community-based services, less than 10% have made a thorough infection with institutional psychiatry care. About half of psychiatric entry remain involuntary, and over 20% in a year.
Emergency in more than 80% of countries now emergency reactions in more than 80% of countries include mental health and psychological support, above 39% in 2020. School-based programs, suicide prevention initiatives and early childhood development support have also expanded.
A Global Call To Action
The WHO urged the governments to enhance the right-based laws by increasing the right-based laws, and intensifying the efforts by expanding individual-centric community care. The organization insisted that there is a need to improve immediate systemic improvement to meet the goals mentioned in its comprehensive mental health action plan and to meet non-secured diseases and mental health in New York.
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