A Man On A Mission: Give A True Count Of The Toll Of Mental Illness
“With our assumptions, the actual result is that 32 percent of global disability is a direct result of mental illnesses,” Vigo says. Another way to think about it is this: The original analysis blames a fifth of all disability on mental illnesses. The new analysis blames nearly a third of disability on mental illnesses.
.. Vigo’s bottom line is that the 0.4 percent of health aid dollars that go to helping countries deal with mental illnesses is not enough. “You cannot deal with 30 percent of the disability and 13 percent of the disability plus death with only 0.4 percent of the funds.”