Viewpoint: Assessing the value of mental health treatments in Europe.
Simon J., Boyer P., Caldas-de-Almeida JM., Knapp M., McCrone P., Gorwood P., Oertel W., Arango C., Treasure J., Young AH., Destrebecq F., Quoidbach V.
One in eight individuals worldwide lives with a mental health disorder. For many European countries, the prevalence is even higher, with one in four people reporting mental health problems [1]. Three-quarters of all mental health disorders develop before age 25, with many presenting initially in undiagnosed forms already in the mid-teens and eventually manifesting as severe disorders and lasting into old age [2]. There is also growing evidence that mental health disorder symptoms cross diagnoses and people frequently have more than one mental health disorder [3].