Approximately 1 billion people, or 13% of the global population, live with mental disorders, anxiety and depression being the most common.

Eight percent of children and 14% of adolescents have mental disorders of which 50% begin by age 14, and 75% by age 24, with anxiety, depression, and ADHD being the most prevalent.

Access to population-based preventive and mental health services is inadequate everywhere, especially in low- and middle-income countries with a treatment gap of 90%.

Globally only 2% of health expenditures are directed towards mental health.

Addressing the consequences of poor mental health on the world population and economy requires the permanent allocation of governmental funding in relation to the prevalence and burden of mental disorders in each country.