Mental health 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][3] Furthermore, psychiatric medications are available to people diagnosed with a mental disorder either free of charge or subsidised at 80% by the government.

[5] In 2022, the suicide rate among adolescents was found to have doubled among boys and tripled among girls, compared to 2008.

In 2019, the total economic losses due to absenteeism and presenteeism was UZS 3.5 trillion (US$359 million).