Mental Health Facts & Definitions
Mental Health Statistics
Mental Health Care in Developing Countries
100
What is the leading cause of death in young people in all countries of the world, including the poorest?
What is Suicide.
100
What percentage of the total global burden of disease is accounted for by mental illness?
What is 15%
100
There is a great shortage of ____________ professionals within the health care system, especially within the developing world.
What is mental health.
200
What is one of the main reasons why people with mental illness live shorter lives?
What is a difference in the quality of health care that individuals with mental illness receive.
200
What is the estimated number of people worldwide who are affected by mental illness?
What is 400-500 million people.
200
In Zimbabwe, how many psychiatrists are available to treat the mental health needs of over 9 million people?
What is 12.
300
List three types of mental illness.
What is Anxiety, Depression, Autism, Intellectual Disability, Substance Misuse, Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Dementia, etc.
300
What is the life expectancy gap for people with mental illness in first world countries? How does this differ from developing countries?
What is 20 years in first world countries. Even greater gap in developing countries.
300
What is task shifting?
What is: using whoever is available in the community and training them to provide psychological interventions.
400
What is the third leading cause of disability around the world?
What is Depression
400
What percentage of the people affected by mental illness in developed countries receive the treatment that they require?
What is roughly 50%.
400
The various experiments on the use of task-shifting found that it could __________ recovery rates of depression by _______ %.
What is: Improve, 20-50%
500
What does DALY stand for?
What is Disability Adjusted Life Year.
500
In poorly developed countries, how does the percentage of people who do not receive the treatment they need differ from developed countries?
What is the percentage increases to 90%.
500
What does SUNDAR stand for?
What is Simplify the message, UN-pack the treatment, Deliver healthcare where people are, Affordable and available human resources, Re-allocate specialists to train and supervise.