I think the statistic might not be reflective, as in my country for example, Slovakia, there are so few psychologists and psychiatrists that people wait up to a year to see one. The number here might be smaller compared to other nations simply because there are so few specialists to diagnose it.
Portugal are you OK?
Romanian 1: dude, I think I’m depressed
Romanian 2: stfu and take another shot of moonshine.
Bro iceland being all-time one of the safest and happiest countries and now we see this?
Strange that the average of the EU countries is about the same level as the EU line in this image. Whywould it be different.
I wonder how big difference the answers to such a question would be if it’s asked in May vs November.
These numbers does not have to show which nation is more depressed but instead in which nation people are more likely to approach medical help and how much is the help available. This could be closely related to stigmatization of mental diseases and availability of psychiatric specialists.
Actually, above average: countries with good mental healtcare, below average: countries with poor mental healtcare.
So money dont buy happines?
Romania last at everything💪💪
The reason why Romania is so low, it’s because deppresion isn’t something romanians focus on. People that are depressed are usually said to be “lazy”, and some people that do have deppresion don’t go to any psychiatrist. Basically, you’re told to “man up” everytime someone calls for help.
looks very much like a luxus problem if you preset it like this.
Ireland: pioneers in therapeutic moaning.
Finland keeps topping the charts for being the happiest because all the depressed keep offing themselves.
Here in Greece we don’t believe in psychologists, only “the crazy people” go there. So we are depressed, but you can’t prove it! /s
better than Slovenia 😎
I wonder what the skews are for not being diagnosed along with individuals not sharing out of stigma etc.
The majority of the countries who increase the average are nations and politics, who claim to be progressive or even the leaders of progress. Of course the correlation alone is too little to draw conclusions, but I think there is room for some hypothesis.
Hmmmmm curious rich/west vs less rich/ center East divide…
Share the source for this data, please
FYI depression is sometimes glorified a bit by icelandic people and self diagnosis is in vogue.
Ireland when asked about being depressed : *I’m grand, shur lookit you know yourself.*
Apparemment plus on est riche plus on est déprimé 😞
Croatia Full of Life
Nobody asked me, can you add +1 towards Poland? Thank you.
Btw Polish results are so low not because people aren’t depressed, it’s because they have no idea what depression means.
Authentic conversation I had with my mom few weeks ago when she was saying something about someone on Tv saying something about depression:
Me: I also sometimes think that I probably have depression
Mom: you have no idea what you are talking about! Knock on the wood! Do you know what depression is? **It’s when people want to kill themselves**
Yeah… so apparently 4.2% of Poles want to kill themselves, you would have to ask a different question to get people suffering from depression.
I am not saying that depression can’t lead to suicidal thoughts, but you can suffer from depression without them as well…
Welcome to the tread and enjoy the traditional Scandinavian ritual chant “we’re just counting it differently”.
Tempted to move to Romania from the UK if I can keep my salary. Anyone care to tell me why this may not be a good idea?
Portuguese here. Are you okay, Iceland? Is there something you’d like to talk about?
Wonder how this would look for 2022. Id wager the UK would be a bit higher.
As a Romanian we have to stay strong for every time a EU state will be against us, so we are used with rejection and depression.
What’s the scale?
Germany Austria is interesting as there are many simalarities between those countries. I wonder why the difference is so stark.
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https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/11/12/europes-mental-health-crisis-in-data-which-country-uses-the-most-antidepressants
I think the statistic might not be reflective, as in my country for example, Slovakia, there are so few psychologists and psychiatrists that people wait up to a year to see one. The number here might be smaller compared to other nations simply because there are so few specialists to diagnose it.
Portugal are you OK?
Romanian 1: dude, I think I’m depressed
Romanian 2: stfu and take another shot of moonshine.
Bro iceland being all-time one of the safest and happiest countries and now we see this?
Strange that the average of the EU countries is about the same level as the EU line in this image. Whywould it be different.
I wonder how big difference the answers to such a question would be if it’s asked in May vs November.
These numbers does not have to show which nation is more depressed but instead in which nation people are more likely to approach medical help and how much is the help available. This could be closely related to stigmatization of mental diseases and availability of psychiatric specialists.
Actually, above average: countries with good mental healtcare, below average: countries with poor mental healtcare.
So money dont buy happines?
Romania last at everything💪💪
The reason why Romania is so low, it’s because deppresion isn’t something romanians focus on. People that are depressed are usually said to be “lazy”, and some people that do have deppresion don’t go to any psychiatrist. Basically, you’re told to “man up” everytime someone calls for help.
looks very much like a luxus problem if you preset it like this.
Ireland: pioneers in therapeutic moaning.
Finland keeps topping the charts for being the happiest because all the depressed keep offing themselves.
Here in Greece we don’t believe in psychologists, only “the crazy people” go there. So we are depressed, but you can’t prove it! /s
better than Slovenia 😎
I wonder what the skews are for not being diagnosed along with individuals not sharing out of stigma etc.
The majority of the countries who increase the average are nations and politics, who claim to be progressive or even the leaders of progress. Of course the correlation alone is too little to draw conclusions, but I think there is room for some hypothesis.
Hmmmmm curious rich/west vs less rich/ center East divide…
Share the source for this data, please
FYI depression is sometimes glorified a bit by icelandic people and self diagnosis is in vogue.
Ireland when asked about being depressed : *I’m grand, shur lookit you know yourself.*
Apparemment plus on est riche plus on est déprimé 😞
Croatia Full of Life
Nobody asked me, can you add +1 towards Poland? Thank you.
Btw Polish results are so low not because people aren’t depressed, it’s because they have no idea what depression means.
Authentic conversation I had with my mom few weeks ago when she was saying something about someone on Tv saying something about depression:
Me: I also sometimes think that I probably have depression
Mom: you have no idea what you are talking about! Knock on the wood! Do you know what depression is? **It’s when people want to kill themselves**
Yeah… so apparently 4.2% of Poles want to kill themselves, you would have to ask a different question to get people suffering from depression.
I am not saying that depression can’t lead to suicidal thoughts, but you can suffer from depression without them as well…
Welcome to the tread and enjoy the traditional Scandinavian ritual chant “we’re just counting it differently”.
Tempted to move to Romania from the UK if I can keep my salary. Anyone care to tell me why this may not be a good idea?
Portuguese here. Are you okay, Iceland? Is there something you’d like to talk about?
Wonder how this would look for 2022. Id wager the UK would be a bit higher.
As a Romanian we have to stay strong for every time a EU state will be against us, so we are used with rejection and depression.
What’s the scale?
Germany Austria is interesting as there are many simalarities between those countries. I wonder why the difference is so stark.
Eastern Europe tough 💪💪💪
Western Europe spoiled