Mental health toll of pandemic 'devastating,' WHO says | Malay Mail

Before the pandemic, countries were spending less than two percent of their national health budget on mental health, and were struggling to meet demand, the WHO says. — Chinnapong / Shutterstock pic via AFP

While 83 per cent of the 130 countries surveyed had included mental health in their coronavirus pandemic response plans only 17 percent had actually set up the full funding required, it said. Though all regions of the world have been affected, high-income nations had been better able to maintain the provision of services.

However, countries are learning to respond with innovative solutions such as telemedicine and teletherapy interventions. However, studies showed that every dollar spent on evidence-based care for depression and anxiety returned US$5.

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