Online Press Room: Global Mind Health in 2025 Report

Press Materials

Press Release: New Study of 1 Million People Finds Almost of Half of Young Adults Worldwide Face a “Mind Health” Crisis That Makes Daily Life a Constant Struggle — With Ultra-Processed Food, Smartphones as Key Culprits (PDF)

Report: ENG: Global Mind Health in 2025 (PDF)

Report: SPN: La Salud Mental Mundial En 2025 (PDF)

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Country Snapshots

Argentina Snapshot (PDF)

Australia snapshot (PDF)

Canada snapshot (PDF)

Colombia Snapshot (PDF)

Egypt Snapshot (PDF)

France snapshot (PDF)

Germany snapshot (PDF)

India Snapshot (PDF)

Jordan Snapshot (PDF)

Kenya Snapshot (PDF

Mexico Snapshot (PDF)

Nigeria Snapshot (PDF

Peru Snapshot (PDF)

Saudi Arabia Snapshot (PDF)

South Africa Snapshot (PDF)

Tanzania Snapshot (PDF)

UAE Snapshot (PDF)

United Kingdom snapshot (PDF)

United States snapshot (PDF)

Data by Key Factor

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Data by Key Factor: Smartphone Ownership

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Data by Key Factor: Ultra-Processed Foods

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Data by Key Factor: Family Bonds

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Data by Key Factor: Spirituality

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Other Data: Mental Health Quotient (MHQ)

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Average MHQ Score by Country (18-34)

Average MHQ Score by Country (55+)

Average MHQ Score (Histogram)

MHQ Score by Age Group in 2025

MHQ Score by Year of MHQ Collection Start

Percent Distressed/Struggling by Year of MHQ Collection Start

Quotes

Robert Lustig, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Depression in teens has never been more prevalent or more severe. It threatens our children's and our society's future. The only way to treat or prevent it is to know what is causing it. Research shows everything from the stress of cellphones to ultra-processed foods to environmental chemicals all play a role; each of these lead to reductions in brain energy production or increases in brain energy utilization, all of which lead to both defects in emotional regulation (e.g., depression) and defects in cognitive function (e.g., dementia). So many insults to our environment have driven this brain energy epidemic. Sapien Labs is to be commended on helping to sort these different stimuli and showing that these are primary drivers. Now the goal is to take this information and apply it to the current crisis to reverse our brain energy decline and mitigate our mental health crises.

Supporting Materials

Peer-reviewed study in IJPDS: Global Mind Project data in the United States: A comparison with national statistics