A group of business leaders have launched a new initiative urging companies to invest in their ... [+] employees' mental wellbeing. In the U.S., the National Alliance on Mental Illness says one in five adults experience mental illness a year and suicide is the second-leading cause of death among people aged 10-34, while depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Both businesses and governments are not keeping up and the WHO estimates that just 2% of global healthcare expenditures go to mental health. This is how much the WHO estimates depression and anxiety, two of the most common mental health conditions, cost the global economy each year. One study found that one in five patients was diagnosed with a mental illness within three months of testing positive.

Source: Forbes January 25, 2021 15:28 UTC