Trend · rank 127 of 250

Mental health demand growth

Rising prevalence and recognition of mental health conditions are increasing demand for services, reducing educational attainment and employment where prevention and effective treatment remain insufficient.

Human CapitalPeople, health & workhealth systemsdiseasework skills

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Mental health. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
127of 250
Sensitivity
7.5rank 160
Breadth
0of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
38.1rank 105
Eigenvector
1.1
Betweenness
15.4
Links
12trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
20.3

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
83
Over a year
−7%Steady
Over three years
−31%
Peak
1506 Oct 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.52
Coverage
26languages · 51 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (26 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English36%96−6%
Russian11%87−14%
German9%88−18%
Spanish6%72−37%
French5%96−16%
Persian4%69−12%
Japanese4%81−30%
Italian4%103−20%
Polish4%120+13%
Chinese3%113+16%
Portuguese3%90−10%
Arabic2%76−27%
Hebrew2%88−11%
Turkish1%85−9%
Dutch1%110+5%
Korean1%89−1%
Ukrainian1%74−19%
Hindi1%80−3%
Vietnamese1%100+10%
Indonesian1%73−57%
Swedish0%102−2%
Malay0%82−26%
Thai0%92+1%
Bengali0%116+25%
Afrikaans0%26−68%
Tamil0%97−6%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Australia

United Kingdom

United States

Ireland

New Zealand

Canada

Philippines

Singapore

Kenya

South Africa

Ghana

Malaysia

100

93

88

81

77

72

62

53

43

43

35

31

The 12 highest of 51 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English92+26%−5%−16%
EuropeGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish94+5%−10%−5%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country88−31%+6%+19%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Malay92+10%−8%−12%
South AsiaGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil91−0%+2%−25%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew88−4%+2%−22%
AfricaGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Afrikaans55−1%−31%−56%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese92−8%−8%−4%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian90−13%+16%−14%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle107−2%+9%−1%
AustraliaGoogle87+40%−20%−30%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese106−12%+13%+21%
CanadaGoogle85+32%−21%−29%
ChinaGoogle88−31%+6%+19%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French104+18%−7%+28%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German86+3%−18%−21%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil90−1%−3%−28%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian82+13%−36%−12%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian99−1%−7%+22%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese86+8%−20%−11%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean92−4%+21%−17%
MexicoGoogle83−14%−8%−26%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian87+3%−14%−24%
Saudi ArabiaGoogle99−3%+18%−5%
South AfricaGoogle85+15%−6%−44%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish102−9%+14%+4%
United KingdomGoogle54−17%−50%−59%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English93+29%−2%−16%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
2 · LowA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
1 · Very lowA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighHealth workforce scarcityPeople, health & work48
3 · ModerateEntrenched opportunity inequalityPeople, health & work9
3 · ModerateGlobal health governancePeople, health & work49
3 · ModerateHealth system demand imbalancePeople, health & work56
3 · ModerateCare labour demand growthPeople, health & work86
3 · ModerateChronic disease & obesity burdenPeople, health & work98
3 · ModerateAntimicrobial resistancePeople, health & work104
3 · ModerateReproductive, maternal & child healthPeople, health & work123
3 · ModeratePathogen emergence pressurePeople, health & work163
3 · ModerateYouth employment exclusionPeople, health & work177
3 · ModerateSanitation & hygiene access gapsPeople, health & work188
3 · ModerateHeat & pollution health burdenPeople, health & work241