Treatment gap

Treatment gap

Up to 30% of all people worldwide has a mental disorder, and although interventions for the treatment of mental disorders are available, the proportion of those people with mental disorders who would need treatment but who do not receive mental health care is very high. This so-called treatment gap is estimated to reach about 76-85% for low and middle-income countries, and still 35-50% for high-income countries. Even those who are treated are often treated inefficiently or in an inhumane way.