Mental health is an integral part of our general health and well-being and a basic human right. Having good mental health means we are better able to connect, function, cope and thrive. Mental health conditions are very common in all countries of the world. Yet, most societies and most health and social systems neglect mental health and do not provide the care and support people need and deserve.
The result is that millions of people around the world suffer in silence, experience human rights violations or are negatively affected in their daily lives. The World Health Organization’s World Mental Health Report, published last June, showed that of nearly one billion people living with a mental disorder in 2019, 15% of working-age adults experienced a mental disorder. Work amplifies wider societal issues that negatively affect mental health, including discrimination and inequality. Bullying and psychological violence, also known as “mobbing”, is a key complaint of workplace harassment that has a negative impact on mental health. Yet discussing or disclosing mental health remains a taboo in work settings globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) Mental Health Atlas found that only 35% of countries reported having national programs for work-related mental health promotion and prevention.
To an already complex situation, the COVID-19 pandemic has created, among its main impacts, a global crisis for mental health, changing everyone's personal and working life, with serious repercussions on psycho-physical well-being, triggering a 25% increase in general anxiety and depression worldwide, exposing how unprepared governments were for its impact on mental health, and revealing a chronic global shortage of mental health resources. In 2020, governments worldwide allocated an average of just 2% of their health budgets to the treatment and prevention of mental health conditions, with lower-middle income countries investing less than 1%.
Mental healthcare costs to society can be significant, often far outstripping most other healthcare costs. In addition to direct costs of treatment, mental health conditions come with a variety of indirect costs associated with reduced economic productivity, higher rates of unemployment and other economic impacts… [READ MORE]
Mental health is an integral part of our general health and well-being and a basic human right. Having good mental health means we are better able to connect, function, c...
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