Investing in the future: How better mental health benefits everyone
At a glance Despite contributing to a substantial 290 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of the global disease burden, mental health conditions only receive 2 percent of domestic government healthcare funding globally, resulting in an annual funding gap of $200 billion to $350 billion. Scaling known, cost-effective interventions to prevent, treat, and help people recover from mental health conditions (which include mental and substance use disorders) could avert 150 million DALYs…