Mental health conditions affect 1.2 billion people globally

burden globally,” the authors wrote in the study.

Dr. Damian Santomauro, first and lead study author, “was honestly shocked at the magnitude,” he said via email.

“There are many factors at play here, and it is difficult to tease them all apart,” added Santomauro, associate professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland in Australia.continue reading …