Happy, happy West

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Share of population with mental health and substance use disorders, 2016

Share of population with any mental health or substance use disorder; this includes depression, anxiety, bipolar, eating disorders, alcohol or drug use disorders, and schizophrenia.Due to the widespread under-diagnosis, these estimates use a combination of sources, including medical and national records, epidemiological data, survey data, andmeta-regression models.

Source: http://ow.ly/ln2430msjvE

Comments

[merig00]

Some inverse correlation with maslow's hierarchy of needs?

[luzribeiro]

You mean, poor hungry people are happier? Interesting theory.

[merig00]

poor hungry people don't have time to sit and think about things like self-actualization.

also possibly levels of access to health care and professionals that can diagnose and collect such information. Need to look at the number of psychiatrists per capita.

[abomvubuso]