Overview

• Anxiety and depression are identified as the most common conditions, affecting people across all ages and income levels with women disproportionately impacted.
• Mental disorders are now the second-leading cause of long-term disability globally, according to the latest WHO assessment.
• WHO estimates that anxiety and depression generate about $1 trillion in economic losses each year through healthcare costs and lost productivity.
• Only 9% of those living with mental disorders receive adequate care, with roughly one specialist per 100,000 people in many low-income countries compared with about 60 in high-income nations.
• WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urges governments to invest to expand equitable services, as separate research reports a marked drop in young adults’ well-being.