16 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from Mental Health | Our World in Data, published by ourworldindata.org. Every answer is a verbatim span of text the source prints, and each row carries the passage it sits in, its offset in that passage, the source quote, the page and the location in the document, so any row can be checked against the original. 11 of the 16 pairs (68.8%) are explanatory questions and 5 restate a figure. 93.75% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
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First 10 of 16 rows
| question | answer | context | answer_start | question_type | knowledge_quality_score | source_quote | source_page | source_location | confidence | validation_status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What is Mental health? | an essential part of people’s lives and society | Mental health is an essential part of people’s lives and society. Poor mental health affects our well-being, our ability to work, and our relationships with friends, family, and community. | 17 | definition | 0.980 | Mental health is an essential part of people’s lives and society. | p[0] | 0.850 | valid | |
| What are mental illnesses described as? | a range of conditions that significantly affect people’s lives | To support them, it’s essential to have good data to understand these conditions – how, when, and why they occur, how many people are affected by them, and how they can be treated effectively and safely. On this page, we show data on the prevalence of mental illnesses and their burden, and people’s attitudes toward mental health. May 26, 2023 Global data on mental health is essential to understand the scale and patterns of these illnesses, and how to reduce them. How do researchers collect this data, and how reliable is it? Saloni Dattani May 26, 2023 Mental illnesses are a range of conditions that significantly affect people’s lives. What are their symptoms? | 579 | definition | 0.980 | How do researchers collect this data, and how reliable is it? Saloni Dattani May 26, 2023 Mental illnesses are a range of conditions that significantly affect people’s lives. | p[0] | 0.700 | valid | |
| What is required when using or sharing content from Our World in Data? | the source and authors are credited | Saloni Dattani November 10, 2025 Hannah Ritchie and Tuna Acisu August 26, 2024 Saloni Dattani May 18, 2022 Saloni Dattani April 7, 2022 Saloni Dattani September 1, 2021 Saloni Dattani Our articles and data visualizations rely on work from many different people and organizations. When citing this topic page, please also cite the underlying data sources. This topic page can be cited as: BibTeX citation All visualizations, data, and articles produced by Our World in Data are completely open access under theCreative Commons BY license. You have the permission to use, distribute, and reproduce these in any medium, provided the source and authors are credited. The data produced by third parties and made available by Our World in Data is subject to the license terms from the original third-party authors. | 626 | relationship | 0.970 | You have the permission to use, distribute, and reproduce these in any medium, provided the source and authors are credited. | p[0] | 0.700 | valid | |
| Why is global data on mental health considered essential? | to understand the scale and patterns of these illnesses, and how to reduce them | To support them, it’s essential to have good data to understand these conditions – how, when, and why they occur, how many people are affected by them, and how they can be treated effectively and safely. On this page, we show data on the prevalence of mental illnesses and their burden, and people’s attitudes toward mental health. May 26, 2023 Global data on mental health is essential to understand the scale and patterns of these illnesses, and how to reduce them. How do researchers collect this data, and how reliable is it? Saloni Dattani May 26, 2023 Mental illnesses are a range of conditions that significantly affect people’s lives. What are their symptoms? | 387 | relationship | 0.970 | May 26, 2023 Global data on mental health is essential to understand the scale and patterns of these illnesses, and how to reduce them. | p[0] | 0.700 | valid | |
| What must be done when using, distributing, or reproducing content from Our World in Data? | the source and authors are credited | Saloni Dattani November 10, 2025 Hannah Ritchie and Tuna Acisu August 26, 2024 Saloni Dattani May 18, 2022 Saloni Dattani April 7, 2022 Saloni Dattani September 1, 2021 Saloni Dattani Our articles and data visualizations rely on work from many different people and organizations. When citing this topic page, please also cite the underlying data sources. This topic page can be cited as: BibTeX citation All visualizations, data, and articles produced by Our World in Data are completely open access under theCreative Commons BY license. You have the permission to use, distribute, and reproduce these in any medium, provided the source and authors are credited. The data produced by third parties and made available by Our World in Data is subject to the license terms from the original third-party authors. | 626 | relationship | 0.970 | You have the permission to use, distribute, and reproduce these in any medium, provided the source and authors are credited. | p[0] | 0.700 | valid | |
| What aspects of mental illnesses do researchers aim to understand? | how, when, and why they occur, how many people are affected by them, and how they can be treated effectively and safely | To support them, it’s essential to have good data to understand these conditions – how, when, and why they occur, how many people are affected by them, and how they can be treated effectively and safely. On this page, we show data on the prevalence of mental illnesses and their burden, and people’s attitudes toward mental health. May 26, 2023 Global data on mental health is essential to understand the scale and patterns of these illnesses, and how to reduce them. How do researchers collect this data, and how reliable is it? Saloni Dattani May 26, 2023 Mental illnesses are a range of conditions that significantly affect people’s lives. What are their symptoms? | 83 | summary | 0.970 | To support them, it’s essential to have good data to understand these conditions – how, when, and why they occur, how many people are affected by them, and how they can be treated effectively and safely. | p[0] | 0.700 | valid | |
| What impact can poor mental health have on individuals? | affects our well-being, our ability to work, and our relationships with friends, family, and community | Mental health is an essential part of people’s lives and society. Poor mental health affects our well-being, our ability to work, and our relationships with friends, family, and community. Mental health conditions are not uncommon. Hundreds of millions suffer from them yearly, and many more do over their lifetimes. It’s estimated that1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 menwill experience major depression in their lives. Other conditions, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, are less common but still have alarge impacton people’s lives. Mental illnesses are treatable, and the impact they have can be reduced. Despite this, treatment is often lacking or poor quality, and many feel uncomfortable sharing their symptoms with healthcare professionals or people they know. This also makes itdifficult to estimatethe actual prevalence of mental illnesses. | 85 | summary | 0.970 | Poor mental health affects our well-being, our ability to work, and our relationships with friends, family, and community. | p[0] | 0.700 | valid | |
| What information is provided about mental illnesses on the page? | the prevalence of mental illnesses and their burden, and people’s attitudes toward mental health | To support them, it’s essential to have good data to understand these conditions – how, when, and why they occur, how many people are affected by them, and how they can be treated effectively and safely. On this page, we show data on the prevalence of mental illnesses and their burden, and people’s attitudes toward mental health. May 26, 2023 Global data on mental health is essential to understand the scale and patterns of these illnesses, and how to reduce them. How do researchers collect this data, and how reliable is it? Saloni Dattani May 26, 2023 Mental illnesses are a range of conditions that significantly affect people’s lives. What are their symptoms? | 234 | list | 0.820 | On this page, we show data on the prevalence of mental illnesses and their burden, and people’s attitudes toward mental health. | p[0] | 0.700 | valid | |
| What are some aspects of life that poor mental health affects? | our well-being, our ability to work, and our relationships with friends, family, and community | Mental health is an essential part of people’s lives and society. Poor mental health affects our well-being, our ability to work, and our relationships with friends, family, and community. Mental health conditions are not uncommon. Hundreds of millions suffer from them yearly, and many more do over their lifetimes. It’s estimated that1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 menwill experience major depression in their lives. Other conditions, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, are less common but still have alarge impacton people’s lives. Mental illnesses are treatable, and the impact they have can be reduced. Despite this, treatment is often lacking or poor quality, and many feel uncomfortable sharing their symptoms with healthcare professionals or people they know. This also makes itdifficult to estimatethe actual prevalence of mental illnesses. | 93 | list | 0.820 | Poor mental health affects our well-being, our ability to work, and our relationships with friends, family, and community. | p[0] | 0.700 | valid | |
| What are some aspects of life affected by poor mental health? | our well-being, our ability to work, and our relationships with friends, family, and community | Mental health is an essential part of people’s lives and society. Poor mental health affects our well-being, our ability to work, and our relationships with friends, family, and community. Mental health conditions are not uncommon. Hundreds of millions suffer from them yearly, and many more do over their lifetimes. It’s estimated that1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 menwill experience major depression in their lives. Other conditions, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, are less common but still have alarge impacton people’s lives. Mental illnesses are treatable, and the impact they have can be reduced. Despite this, treatment is often lacking or poor quality, and many feel uncomfortable sharing their symptoms with healthcare professionals or people they know. This also makes itdifficult to estimatethe actual prevalence of mental illnesses. | 93 | list | 0.820 | Poor mental health affects our well-being, our ability to work, and our relationships with friends, family, and community. | p[0] | 0.700 | valid |
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