{"id":220653,"date":"2025-06-28T06:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T06:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/220653\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T06:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T06:40:12","slug":"if-you-live-in-finland-youre-likely-to-get-a-mental-disorder-diagnosis-at-some-point-yle-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/220653\/","title":{"rendered":"If you live in Finland, you&#8217;re likely to get a mental disorder diagnosis at some point | Yle News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-jSJJpv sc-edaYAx kCJIud eUUaaO yle__article__paragraph\">More than two-thirds of people in Finland are diagnosed with a mental health, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorder during their lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A young woman sits on a sofa with her head in her hands while another woman sits writing in a notebook.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/39-141106867925600a1a23.jpeg\" class=\"sc-dibcMh cYuCkg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Open image viewer<\/p>\n<p>Anxiety and mood disorders are more common among girls and women (file photo).<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-jSJJpv sc-cnVfeA kCJIud hhUzkn yle__article__paragraph\">The majority of people in Finland will be diagnosed with a mental health, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorder at some point during their lifetime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-jSJJpv sc-cnVfeA kCJIud hhUzkn yle__article__paragraph\">This is clear from a study by researchers at the University of Helsinki, which examined registry data for all Finns aged 1\u2013100 between 2000 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-jSJJpv sc-cnVfeA kCJIud hhUzkn yle__article__paragraph\">According to the study, approximately 77 percent of women and 70 percent of men are diagnosed by the age of 100. Excluding memory disorders and mental health disorders related to physical illnesses, approximately 66 percent of women and 60 percent of men are diagnosed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-jSJJpv sc-cnVfeA kCJIud hhUzkn yle__article__paragraph\">&#8220;Mental health challenges affect most people at some point \u2013 either personally or through a loved one. This is worth taking into account in working life, schools, public services and everyday life,&#8221; said postdoctoral researcher <strong class=\"sc-eJZSpO xHiCv yle__article__strong\">Kimmo Suokas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Depression most common<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-jSJJpv sc-cnVfeA kCJIud hhUzkn yle__article__paragraph\">The most common issues are anxiety and mood disorders, particularly depression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-jSJJpv sc-cnVfeA kCJIud hhUzkn yle__article__paragraph\">Males are most often first diagnosed around the age of six, and women between the ages of 15 and 19. In males, the diagnosis is typically a behavioural disorder such as ADHD. Among girls and women, anxiety and mood disorders are more common.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-jSJJpv sc-cnVfeA kCJIud hhUzkn yle__article__paragraph\">&#8220;Unlike previous studies, this study used data from the entire population, both from primary care and from specialist care, and thus obtained more accurate information about prevalence and the different disorders separately,&#8221; said Associate Professor <strong class=\"sc-eJZSpO xHiCv yle__article__strong\">Christian Hakulinen<\/strong> from the University of Helsinki.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-jSJJpv sc-cnVfeA kCJIud hhUzkn yle__article__paragraph\">The researchers say it remains unclear whether the number of diagnoses has increased in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-jSJJpv sc-cnVfeA kCJIud hhUzkn yle__article__paragraph\">The high number of diagnoses could be explained by the significant increase in treatment services in recent decades and a lower threshold for seeking treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-jSJJpv sc-cnVfeA kCJIud hhUzkn yle__article__paragraph\">According to Hakulinen and Suokas, other explanatory factors could be the increasing discussion of mental health issues and the lowering of stigma associated with mental health disorders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than two-thirds of people in Finland are diagnosed with a mental health, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorder during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[105,218,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-220653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114759625904507801","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}