Abstract
Mental illness causes 13% of the disease burden globally, including disability and mortality. The relative burden of mental illness compared to all other groups of illnesses is highest in settings with high sociodemographic index (21%), and lowest in countries with low sociodemographic index (nearly 7%), where all disorders are crowded out by the pervasive burden of infectious, maternal, and childhood disorders. The pattern of the burden of mental, neurological, substance use disorders and suicide (MNSS) varies substantially between men and women, as well as across the lifetime, which needs to be considered when planning for population level mental health services. Despite this burden, MNSS have been historically neglected by policy and decision-makers. In light of increased public awareness about the toll of mental illness, as well as availability of digital platforms that facilitate scale up, the global community has a unique opportunity to improve mental health outcomes at the population level.
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Jones, L., Vigo, D. (2023). Mental Health and Substance Abuse. In: Raviglione, M.C.B., Tediosi, F., Villa, S., Casamitjana, N., Plasència, A. (eds) Global Health Essentials. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33851-9_29
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