1、Global Mind Health in 20251MIND HEALTHTHE ABILITY TO NAVIGATE LIFES CHALLENGES AND FUNCTION PRODUCTIVELYin 2025FEBRUARY,2026Mind Health GLOBAL Global Mind Health in 20252 Sapien Labs,Global Mind ProjectTracking mind health and the factors that drive it across the Internet-enabled worldGlobal Mind He
2、alth in 20253Dear Reader,The Global Mind Health report(previously called the Mental State of the World report)is the annual report of the Global Mind Project,which measures mind health across the Internet-enabled world.With data from over 2.5 million people across 85 countries,it is today the larges
3、t ongoing study of its kind.Mind health,measured by our metric the Mind Health Quotient(MHQ),represents our capacity to navigate lifes challenges and function productively.This is not simply a read out of depression or anxiety.Nor is it a measure of life satisfaction or happiness.Rather,it is a comp
4、osite metric that aggregates across respondent ratings of 47 cognitive,emotional,social,and physical capacities and problems that enable or diminish our ability to function effectively in daily life.Changes in the MHQ therefore are not about an opinion about the external world or current affairs but
5、 rather reflect our fundamental mental capacity.It is therefore profoundly important to societal capability.Across the globe,mind health is in crisis.Since we began measuring in 2019,the mind health of adults ages 55 and older has remained consistently at scores of 100,exactly where a normal populat
6、ion is expected to be on the MHQ scale.On the other hand,young adults under 35,who were already struggling relative to their parents and grandparents before the COVID-19 pandemic,took a sharp nosedive during the pandemic from which they have never recovered.Today almost half suffer mental health cha