Ballard Mourning Assistance

Welcome to Ballard Mourning Assistance

Ballard Mourning Assistance can help you find the right digital mental health and wellbeing resources, for yourself or for someone you care about.

Scaling up care for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders

Mental, neurological and substance use disorders are highly prevalent and burdensome globally. The gap between what is urgently needed and what is available to reduce the burden is still very wide. Ballard Mourning Assistance aims at scaling up services for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in countries, especially those in the low- and middle-income categories.

Mental Health and Substance Use : Suicide Data

Suicide is a global phenomenon; in fact, 79% of suicides occurred in low- and middle-income countries in 2016. Suicide accounted for 1.4% of all deaths worldwide, making it the 18th leading cause of death in 2016. Close to 800 000 people die due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds. Suicide is a global phenomenon and occurs throughout the lifespan.