This year’s theme is “investing in mental health” which seems highly apt given that the World Health Organisation estimates that the resources allocated for mental health are “inadequate especially in low resource countries”. “Low- and middle-income countries spend less than two per cent of their health budget on mental health” (WHO 2011) which is woefully insufficient given the global burden of mental health disorders is
In today’s financial climate, mental health is not the priority and services are being cut due to the recession. Mental health is also costly as to treat a patient takes a long period of time; it’s not like repairing a fractured arm that takes 6 weeks.
In fact, nine out of ten people will experience stigma and discrimination as a result of having mental health problems, according to ‘Time to Change’.
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