Quantify the global burden of mental health conditions, assess the treatment gap, and evaluate the systemic failures preventing access to care in low-, middle-, and high-income countries.

Analysis of WHO Global Burden of Disease 2023 estimates, IHME mental health modeling across 195 countries, and meta-analysis of treatment gap studies (2015-2024). Supplemented with national health system capacity surveys and psychiatric workforce data.

05 billion people globally suffer from mental health conditions (depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and others). Yet 75% of people with serious mental illness in low-income countries receive no treatment whatsoever. Even in high-income countries, the treatment gap averages 40-50%. 3 per 100,000 in low-income countries. 5 million mental health workers.

Untreated mental illness costs the global economy an estimated $1 trillion annually in lost productivity. Suicide kills 750,000 people per year — more deaths globally than homicide + war combined.