Medicines | One picture reveals the state of Finns’ mental health – “Stress peak” can be seen on the pharmacy counter

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The increase in mental health-related sickness absences has also been strong in recent years. Last year, they were clearly the biggest reason for long sickness absences entitling to Kela’s sickness allowance.

Minttu Linjala / HS, source: Kela

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Coil statistics show that in 2023, one in ten of the Finnish population was already taking antidepressants. The number of people using antidepressants crossed a new threshold, when there were more than 600,000 users for the first time. This is an all-time high.

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