Mental health inUzbekistan encompasses the prevalence, social and economic burden, and treatment of mental health disorders in Uzbekistan. A 2021World Health Organization (WHO) report stated that no studies had been conducted on the prevalence of mental health disorders in Uzbekistan.[1] Nevertheless, mental illness has significant social and economic effects in Uzbekistan.[2]
According to a 2021 report by WHO, no studies had been conducted on the prevalence of mental illness in Uzbekistan.[1] The only figures available were the number of people treated for or registered with a mental disorder.[1]
In Uzbekistan,psychiatric treatment is provided by thepublic sector.[1][3] Furthermore,psychiatric medications are available to people diagnosed with a mental disorder either free of charge orsubsidised at 80% by the government.[3]
According to a 2019 report by theMinistry of Public Health,[4]
.jpg)
In 2022, a study was conducted byUNICEF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Education and the Ministry of Health. The study involved administering a questionnaire to 22,854 students across 299 schools, who were in 6th, 9th and 11th grades.[5]
In 2022, the suicide rate among adolescents was found to have doubled among boys and tripled among girls, compared to 2008.[5]
In 2020, the Uzbek government spentUZS 820 496 million (US$84.6 million) on mental health services.[6]
The indirect economic losses due to mental illness is calculated as the sum of losses due toabsenteeism,presenteeism andpremature death. In 2019, the total economic losses due to absenteeism and presenteeism was UZS 3.5 trillion (US$359 million).[6]