Conducted as part of the 2023 Best Countries rankings, the survey found that nearly 93% of respondents agreed with the statement, “Mental health care is just as important as physical health care.”Though the level of support varied across countries and age groups, nearly 55% of survey respondents said they “strongly agree” with the idea that mental health care was as important as physical health care, compared to 1.2% who said they “strongly disagree.”Worldwide, the survey found a higher share of women agreed that mental health care was as important as physical health care. Among the respondents 55 years of age and older, 96% agreed that mental health care was as important as physical health care, compared to 87% of respondents between 18 and 24. Kenya had the highest share of respondents of any country who said they “strongly agree” that mental health care is as important as physical health care, at 77%. Mental health has been a particularly large concern in Kenya, where according to the WHO, an estimated one in every four people who seek health care in the country has a mental health condition. Overall, the survey’s findings help to highlight concerns that the rise in mental health disorders has become a public health threat for many countries.

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