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julietOscarEch0 t1_j4b22ha wrote

Reply to comment by BugOpen3179 in Share of global population with mental health disorders by Jofroop

Might be factoring in, but the source is attempting to do more than just chart diagnoses.

"based on a combination of sources, including medical and national records, epidemiological data, survey data, and meta-regression models"

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Pixielo t1_j4bj911 wrote

Right, but they're not factoring in cultural stigmas against reporting any kind of mental health issue.

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julietOscarEch0 t1_j4boft3 wrote

Well reporting is not the only source used. But I agree stigma probably affects many of the sources. Reading around they view these numbers as a minimum estimate and acknowledge there's greater uncertainty in developing countries.

I'd agree you can't immediately assume differences in the numbers are truly differences in the incidence of mental illness, if that's your point.

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Pixielo t1_j4c0b6b wrote

Obvs reporting is not the only source. There's also a dearth of medical professionals, period. Oh, and infrastructure.

Thinking that any kind of decent data is coming out of countries where a shaman is consulted before a western medical professional is hilarious.

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