WHO highlights global underinvestment in mental health care
One in four people will require mental health care at some point in their lives but in many countries only two per cent of all health sector resources are invested in mental health services.
Average global spending on mental health is still less than US$ 3 per capita per year. In low income countries, expenditure can be as little as US$0.25 per person per year, according to the WHO's Mental Health Atlas 2011, released on World Mental Health Day.