Expanding Access To Mental Health Treatment Globally Could Reduce The Direct & Indirect Burden Of Poor Mental Health By 41% Between 2025 & 2050

Investing in mental health interventions worldwide could reduce the direct and indirect burden caused by poor mental health by 41% between 2025 and 2050, according to an analysis by McKinsey Health Institute. For this analysis, mental health disorders also included substance use disorders. The study predicted that scaling up proven mental health interventions for prevention, treatment, and recovery support so that 90% of people who needed treatment received it could improve mental well-being and could reduce the effects of poor mental health on physical health conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Reducing the negative effects of poor mental . . .