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[–] Truck_kun@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think this is a hyper/hypo chart in a way, two extremes of bad (over/under medicated).

Maybe thinking of it like the 'Goldilocks zone' for planets, in the right distance from their star for life, like on earth.

A measure of healthcare and mental health in your country. Somewhere between Norway and Finland is probably the right place to be (plus/minus a little); If you are not close to this zone, then there is something likely wrong/not being done right in your country.

Could be there is little to no healthcare, you could be under economic collapse, severe unemployment, under authoritarian rule, may be rampant drug use, may be doctors over prescribing medication (and/or prescribing instead of treating), or just no care about mental health (maybe a "get over it" macho attitude toward mental health).

Obviously always outliers, and every country is unique and cannot be conformed to this, but Norway and Finland generally rate pretty high on the happiness scale, so ~60-80 ppt (people per thousand) is a good range to shoot for.

Edit: To be clear, not a perfect indicator type of things; Denmark is scored as a very happy country and scores close, but out of that mentioned range (maybe the range should be a little higher or lower, or have a +/- 10 or something attached); Iceland also rated very happy, but scores way out of that range (though there may be clear geographic reasons for that), and could be a clear indicator of the above mentioned "every country is unique", and thus that may actually be appropriate antidepressant ppt for a country so far north.

Also, a generalized chart of population for a whole country, should never be applied to an individual person.