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Half Of The People You Know Will Suffer From A Mental Illness By Age 75. Here's Why It's Important

In 2019, one in every eight people, approximately 970 million, were reported as having a mental health condition. Now, a new study predicts that half the population will live with a mental illness by the time they reach 75 years old.

By Natasha Biase3 min read
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A study published in The Lancet Psychiatry analyzed data from 156,000 adult respondents to World Health Organization (WHO) surveys conducted between 2001 and 2022 in 29 countries across the globe.