How do people deal with anxiety or depression? World
Respondents who reported that they 'felt so anxious or depressed that they could not continue their regular daily activities as they normally would for two weeksor longer' were asked whether they ever did each of the following to make themselves feel better.
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- Age when first had anxiety or depression
- Anorexia or bulimia nervosa estimated cases
- Antidepressant drug consumption per 1,000 people
- Antidepressant drug consumption per 1,000 people vs. GDP per capita
- Anxiety disorders prevalence
- Anxiety disorders prevalence vs. GDP per capita
- Anxiety disorders prevalence, by age
- Anxiety disorders prevalence, males vs. females
- Bipolar disorder prevalence
- Bipolar disorder prevalence, by age
- Bipolar disorder prevalence, males vs. females
- Burden of disease from each category of mental illness
- Countries that have reported recent data on mental health
- Coverage of treatment interventions for substance use disorders
- Coverage of underlying data on the prevalence of major depression
- Coverage of underlying data on the prevalence of mental illnesses
- Dealt with anxiety or depression by engaging in religious/spiritual activities
- Dealt with anxiety or depression by taking prescribed medication
- Dealt with anxiety or depression by talking to friends or family
- Death rate from conflict and terrorismIHME, crude
- Death rate from conflict and terrorismIHME, age-standardized
- Deaths from conflict and terrorismIHME, GBD
- Depressive disorders prevalence
- Depressive disorders prevalence vs. GDP per capita
- Depressive disorders prevalence, IHME vs. WHO
- Depressive disorders prevalence, by age
- Depressive disorders prevalence, males vs. females
- Depressive symptoms across the US population
- Eating disorders prevalence
- Eating disorders prevalence, by age
- Eating disorders prevalence, males vs. females
- Estimated prevalence vs. burden of mental illnesses
- Experienced calmness a lot of the day yesterday, by age
- Experienced calmness a lot of the day yesterday, by gender
- How do people deal with anxiety or depression around the world?Country comparison
- Mental disorders as a share of total disease burden
- Mental health and substance use disorders death rateWHO
- Mental health and substance use disorders death rate by age groupWHO
- Mental health and substance use disorders deathsWHO
- Mental health as a risk factor for illicit drug dependency or abuse
- Mental health units in general hospitals
- Mental illness: estimated casesby country
- Mental illnesses prevalence
- Number of countries with underlying data on the prevalence of mental illnesses
- Number of people with autistic spectrum disorder
- Number of people with depressive disorders, by region
- Number of people with drug use disorders
- Number of people with mental disorders, by sex
- Number with a drug use disorder by substance
- Perceived comfort speaking about anxiety or depression
- Perceived discomfort speaking about anxiety or depression
- Perceived discomfort speaking about anxiety or depression, by gender
- Perceived importance of government funding for research on anxiety or depression
- Perceived importance of national funding for anxiety/depression research vs. GDP per capita
- Perceived importance of science in treating anxiety or depression
- Perceived importance of science in treating anxiety or depression vs. GDP per capita
- Prevalence of mental health and substance use disorders
- Prevalence of mental health disorders in males vs. females
- Prevalence of substance use disorders across age groups
- Psychiatrists per 100,000 people
- Schizophrenia prevalence
- Schizophrenia prevalence, by age
- Schizophrenia prevalence, males vs. females
- Share of population with drug use disorders
- Share of population with mental disorder
- Share of population with mental health disorders
- Share who know friends or family who have been anxious or depressed
- Share who know friends or family who have been anxious or depressed, by gender
- Share who report lifetime anxiety or depression
- Share who say it's extremely important for the national government to fund research on anxiety/depression
- Share who say local people would feel very comfortable speaking about anxiety or depression vs. share who know friends or family with anxiety or depression
- Share who say local people would feel very comfortable speaking about anxiety or depression vs. share who spoke to friends or family when they had anxiety or depression
- Stand-alone policy or plan for mental health
- Suicide rate for 15- to 49-year olds
- Treatment gap for clinical anxiety