interventions: World
New York, NY, 2024
Acrylic, ink and collage on arches paper.
In 2019, an estimated 970 million people in the world were living with a mental health disorder (of these, 301 million experienced anxiety disorders, and 280 million suffered from depressive disorders). Strikingly, 82% of these individuals were living in lower and middle income countries. After the COVID-19 pandemic developed in 2020, these numbers rose significantly: initial estimates show that major depressive and anxiety disorders increased by 28% and 26%, respectively, in just one year. There are important heterogeneities by geography: one in five people in post-conflict settings or affected by humanitarian crises have a mental health condition. Notably, a greater increase in disorder prevalence occurred among females than among males, which could be due to the fact that females were more likely to be affected by the social and economic consequences of the pandemic. Worldwide mental distress among adolescents and female adults indicates a greater change in prevalence also occurred among younger age groups than among older ones, potentially reflecting the drastic impact that school closures and social restrictions had on the mental health of youth. As of 2022, approximately 20% of children and adolescents around the world had a mental health condition, and suicide was tragically the second leading cause of death among 15-29-year-olds.” Extracted from: An Overlooked Priority: Mental Health Lelys Dinarte-Diaz May 2023 and posted on World Bank Blogs
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