People who identify as being two or more races (24.9%) are most likely to report any mental illness within the past year than any other race/ethnic group, followed by American Indian/Alaska Natives (22.7%), white (19%), and black (16.8%).
Major depression was most prevalent among Hispanics (10.8%), followed by African Americans (8.9%) and Whites (7.8%). The odds of depressive disorders among older Hispanics were 44% greater than among Whites (OR = 1.44; 95% CI = 1.02, 2.04), representing a significantly greater prevalence of major depression.
The United States, Colombia, the Netherlands and Ukraine tended to have higher prevalence estimates across most classes of disorder, while Nigeria, Shanghai and Italy were consistently low, and prevalence was lower in Asian countries in general.
The highest estimates of past year mental health service use were for adults reporting two or more races (17.1 percent), white adults (16.6 percent), and American Indian or Alaska Native adults (15.6 percent), followed by black (8.6 percent), Hispanic (7.3 percent), and Asian (4.9 percent) adults.
Many studies show that members of minority groups have either lower or equivalent rates of mental disorders as compared with whites. For example, both Hispanics and Blacks have lower lifetime risk of psychiatric disorders than do whites6, 7 in representative samples of the U.S. English-speaking population.
Age group: Young adults ages 18 to 25 in the U.S have the highest rate of experiencing mental health conditions (30.6%), followed by those ages 26 to 49 (25.3%) and adults ages 50 and over (14.5%).
Women are nearly twice as likely to suffer from major depression than men. However, men and women are equally likely to develop bipolar disorder. While major depression can develop at any age, the average age at onset is the mid-20s.
Sweden. Sweden has the top positive mental health index which basically gives the mental health status of a given population.
Psychologist demographics by race
The most common ethnicity among psychologists is White, which makes up 75.9% of all psychologists. Comparatively, 10.8% of psychologists are Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% of psychologists are Black or African American.
Other research shows Black and Hispanic people with mental illness or substance use disorder are less likely to receive treatment compared to the overall population.
Depression is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, as the epidemiology has shown. Lifetime prevalence estimates vary widely, from 3% in Japan to 17% in India. Epidemiological data shows higher rates of depression in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and U.S.A than in other regions and countries.
Mental health is a key component of overall health and wellbeing (WHO 2021). In any year in Australia, an estimated 1 in 5 people aged 16–85 will experience a mental health disorder (ABS 2022).
According to this survey, Brazil leads the world in prevalence of anxiety disorders and ranks fifth in depression rates.
Non-Hispanic Asian adults had the lowest prevalence of depression, a finding noted in other studies (7).
This explains why African Americans are less likely to exhibit depressive symptoms than Caucasians. Depressive symptoms are better predictors of future MDD for Caucasians rather than for African Americans, despite overall higher levels of stress in African Americans.
Depression is about 50% more common among women than among men. Worldwide, more than 10% of pregnant women and women who have just given birth experience depression (2). More than 700 000 people die due to suicide every year.
Uganda has by far the highest ethnic diversity rating, according to the data, followed by Liberia. In fact, the world's 20 most diverse countries are all African. There are likely many factors for this, although one might be the continent's colonial legacy.
According to the report, which used data from Gallup, the top 10 happiest countries are: Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Israel, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg and New Zealand.
Prevalence By Country
The country with the highest prevalence of schizophrenia is Indonesia, with a total of 829,735 people with the disorder.
Fortunately, mental health, therapy, psychotherapy in Japan are all much more socially accepted, with even the list of recognised disorders growing all the time. Conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (or PTSD), depression, schizophrenia, bipolar, ADHD are all now acknowledged and treated appropriately.
Borderline personality disorder is one of the most painful mental illnesses since individuals struggling with this disorder are constantly trying to cope with volatile and overwhelming emotions.
Mental illness has risen in the United States, with about 20% of people in the country experiencing some form of it. The increase is due to the rise in social media, the COVID-19 pandemic, and societal trends that have resulted in smaller family units and less community involvement.
The most common are anxiety disorders major depression and bipolar disorder. Below is more information on these disorders and how ACCESS can help.