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Rapid Report: Mental Wellbeing, Religion and the Love You Give
Rapid Report: Work Culture & Mental Wellbeing
Rapid Report: The Youth Mind: Rising Aggression and Anger
Mental State of the World Report 2024
Mental State of the World Report 2020
Mental State of the World Report 2021
Mental State of the World Report 2022
Mental State of the World Report 2023
Data Sheet: Population Mental Health and Firearm Deaths Across Countries
Rapid Report: Adult Mental Wellbeing After Abuse and Assault in Childhood
Rapid Report: The Debilitating Obsessive Thoughts and Guilt of Young Adults
Rapid Report: The Deteriorating Social Self in Younger Generations
Rapid Report: Mental Wellbeing, Employment, and Productivity
Rapid Report: Mental Health Has Bigger Challenges Than Stigma
Rapid Report: Age of First Smartphone and Mental Wellbeing Outcomes
Report: Ultra-processed food consumption and mental wellbeing outcomes
Mental State of India: The Internet-Enabled Youth
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The mental state of the world in 2022 relative to previous years
Mental wellbeing trends 2019-2022 – Average MHQ
Mental wellbeing trends 2019-2022 – % Distressed or Struggling
Mental wellbeing across geographic regions
Mental wellbeing across language groups
Percentage Distressed or Struggling across geographic regions
Percentage Distressed or Struggling across language groups
Mental wellbeing across countries – Average MHQ
Mental wellbeing across countries – % Distressed or Struggling
Globally, young adults are 3 to 4 times as likely to struggle with their mental health as their parents’ generation (Regions)
Globally, young adults are 3 to 4 times as likely to struggle with their mental health as their parents’ generation (Language groups)
Difference in mental health distress between older and younger generations by country
Mental wellbeing across the 6 dimensions
Difference in mental wellbeing between older and younger adults across the 6 dimensions – Average score
Difference in mental wellbeing between older and younger adults across the 6 dimensions – % Distressed or Struggling
Difference in Social Self Scores between older and younger adults – geographic regions
Difference in Social Self Scores between older and younger adults – language groups
Difference in % Distressed or Struggling between older and younger adults across for Social Self – geographic regions
Difference in % Distressed or Struggling between older and younger adults across for Social Self – language groups
Older adults are twice as likely to be close to many of their adult family members as the youngest adults
Relationship with adult family impacts mental wellbeing outcomes
The nature of the childhood home has changed over time – Material/Academic
The nature of the childhood home has changed over time – Loving/Stable
Prevalence of parent-driven traumas in childhood across age groups
Difference in mental wellbeing based on childhood home and adult family relationships – average MHQ score
Difference in mental wellbeing based on childhood home and adult family relationships – % Distressed or Struggling
How the difference in family closeness between age groups varied across geographic regions
How the difference in family closeness between age groups varied across language groups
How differences in nature of childhood homes between age groups varied across geographic regions
How differences in nature of childhood homes between age groups varied across language groups
The distribution of the number of close friends
Average number of close friends varied across age groups
The changing quality of friendship as the number of close friends increases
The changing quality of friendships across age groups
Relationship between number of close friends and mental wellbeing
Strong family relationships mean better friendships
The combined impact of family relationships and friendship on mental wellbeing
Relationship between mental wellbeing and productivity