Welcome back to another blog post. This one is different from my usual posts although I do stay within the topic of mental health. This blog post looks into the challenges of global mental health. I decided to make a video focusing on the challenges of several countries.

In the video I looked at the following countries mental health systems.

Germany
India
USA
Thailand
Pakistan
DRC
Mexico
Nigeria
Japan
Russia
Italy
Brazil and many more other countries.

Unfortunately since I am examining how such mental health systems work within this video, the video is very long. However you can always choose to watch or listen to it in parts.

You can see the video below.

I was often intrigued as to what caused certain mental health scandals in some countries and I discuss them in some detail within the video. E.g. why a minister resigned in South Africa, what caused Japan to overhaul its mental health system, the use of restraints and other difficult topics around the world.

Within the video I also look at the World Health Organisation suicide ranking index for each country. Some countries have managed to decrease the overall amount of suicides, while for other countries this still remains a challenge.

As a note, the video gives a basic perception of global mental health, however I hope you enjoy it.  I hope to do another video listing more countries at a later date.