Op-Ed | Opinion-Editorial | Make mental health a priority

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“The day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for people worldwide,” the WHO said.

The situation now is quite bleak as the world’s mental health situation has taken a hit since the pandemic has, and continues to, take its toll.  “Many aspects of mental health have been challenged; and already before the pandemic in 2019, an estimated one in eight people globally were living with a mental disorder. At the same time, the services, skills, and funding available for mental health remain in short supply, and fall far below what is needed, especially in low and middle-income countries.”

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Indeed, the WHO is shaking governments, waking them up to the reality that the pandemic has created a “global crisis for mental health, fueling short- and long-term stresses.”  Studies have shown that anxiety and depressive disorders rose more than 25 percent during the first year of the pandemic.

Sad to say, even with the alarming situation, mental health services have been severely disrupted and the treatment gap for mental health conditions has widened.