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  • Adult population covered in primary data on the prevalence of major depression
  • Adult population covered in primary data on the prevalence of mental illnesses
  • Age range when first had anxiety or depression
  • Beds for mental health in general hospitals
  • Beds in mental hospitals
  • Burden of disease from anxiety disorders, by age
  • Burden of disease from bipolar disorder, by age
  • Burden of disease from depressive disorders, by age
  • Burden of disease from each mental illness
  • Burden of disease from eating disorders, by age
  • Burden of disease from schizophrenia, by age
  • Death rate from eating disorders
  • Engaged in religious/spiritual activities when they had anxiety or depression
  • Experienced calmness a lot of the day yesterday, by age
  • Experienced calmness a lot of the day yesterday, by gender
  • How important is it for the national government to fund research on anxiety/depression?
  • Mental health units in general hospitals
  • Number of countries with primary data on the prevalence of mental illnesses in the Global Burden of Disease study
  • Number of deaths from eating disorders
  • Number of people with anorexia or bulimia nervosa
  • Number of people with anxiety disorders, by sex
  • Number of people with bipolar disorder, by sex
  • Number of people with depressive disorders, by sex
  • Number of people with each mental illnessby country
  • Number of people with eating disorders, by sex
  • Number of people with schizophrenia, by sex
  • Nurses working in the mental health sector
  • Perceived comfort vs. know friends or family who have been anxious or depressed
  • Perceived importance of national government funding for research on anxiety/depression vs. GDP per capita
  • Perceived societal comfort speaking about anxiety/depression vs share who spoke to family/friends when they had anxiety/depression
  • Psychiatrists working in the mental health sector
  • Share of people in England who currently had depression, by age and gender
  • Share of people with anxiety disorders who received treatment
  • Share of population with an eating disorder
  • Share of population with an eating disorder, males vs. females
  • Share of population with anxiety disorders
  • Share of population with anxiety disorders vs. GDP per capita
  • Share of population with anxiety disorders vs. income inequality
  • Share of population with anxiety disorders, by age
  • Share of population with anxiety disorders, males vs. females
  • Share of population with bipolar disorder
  • Share of population with bipolar disorder, by age
  • Share of population with bipolar disorder, males vs. females
  • Share of population with depressive disordersWHO
  • Share of population with depressive disorders, IHME vs. WHO
  • Share of population with depressive disorders, by age
  • Share of population with depressive disorders, males vs. females
  • Share of population with eating disorders, by age
  • Share of population with mental illnesses
  • Share of population with schizophrenia
  • Share of population with schizophrenia, by age
  • Share of population with schizophrenia, males vs. females
  • Share of the population with depressive disorders
  • Share of the population with depressive disorders, by country income
  • Share who report lifetime anxiety or depression
  • Share who say local people would not feel at all comfortable speaking about anxiety or depression with someone they know
  • Share who say people would not feel comfortable at all speaking about anxiety/depression with someone they know, by gender
  • Share who say science helps a lot to treat anxiety or depression
  • Share who say science helps a lot to treat anxiety/depression vs. GDP per capita
  • Share who say they have friends or family who have been anxious or depressed
  • Share who say they know friends/family who have been anxious or depressed, by gender
  • Stand-alone policy or plan for mental health
  • Suicide rate vs. depressive disorders rate
  • Talked to friends or family when they had anxiety or depression
  • Took prescribed medication when they had anxiety or depression

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