India Faces Declining Youth Mental Wellbeing
Prof. Neeraj Soni warns that declining mental wellbeing among India’s youth threatens the country’s demographic dividend, citing Sapien Labs' 2025 Global Mind Health Report and the National Mental Health Survey. He notes Indian young adults (18–34) rank 60th with a 33/200 score, 7–10% of adolescents have diagnosable disorders, and treatment gaps exceed 70%; he proposes the BEST framework integrating traditions, psychological capital, systems, and technology.
Key Points
- 1Reports show Indian adults 18–34 rank 60th globally with a 33/200 wellbeing score.
- 2Highlights structural risk to India’s demographic dividend from high disorder prevalence and >70% treatment gap.
- 3Urges policymakers to adopt BEST framework combining traditions, psychological capital, institutions, and transformative technologies.
Scoring Rationale
High national relevance and actionable policy guidance; limited by synthesis of existing reports rather than new empirical findings.
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