GENEVA, June 17 — The World Health Organisation today called on all nations to invest more in mental health, saying “the suffering is enormous” and has been made worse by the Covid pandemic.
Then in the first year of the pandemic, rates of depression and anxiety went up by a quarter, even as scarce resources were deployed to fighting the virus. “All these numbers are very, very low,” Mark Van Ommeren of the WHO’s mental health unit told a news conference.“But the investment in mental health has not gone up. This report gives countries information on how to invest their mental health money better.” He said the report highlighted how “the suffering is enormous” across the world.It is worse for those living in conflict zones, where one in five people are estimated to suffer from a mental health condition.
While more than 70 per cent of people suffering psychosis receive treatment in high-income countries, the number drops to 12 per cent in low-income nations, it said.The report called for an end to the stigma attached to mental health, pointing out that 20 countries still criminalise attempted suicide.
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