More neglected areas in mental health

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Why might mental health be a pressing global issue?

Improving mental health seems like one of the most direct ways of making people better off, since it's specifically targeted at their subjective experience.

Mental health in general gets much less attention than physical health from people thinking about how to make the world a better place because it's not as well understood. This means it's more neglected, but also likely means it's harder to make progress.

There are several promising areas for research into mental health that appear to have [...]

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Outline:

(00:08) Our overall view

(00:34) Why might mental health be a pressing global issue?

(01:42) Learn more

(02:37) Explore other pressing world problems

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First published:
May 23rd, 2022

Source:
https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/neglected-mental-health

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