Mental Health is not a smoke
Mental Health is not a smoke
Data vizualization | Data Handling | Data story-telling
Introduction
Dealing with substance abuse, alcoholism, or drug addiction is never easy, and it’s even more difficult when struggling with mental health problems.
Context
In co-occurring disorders, both the mental health issue and the drug or alcohol addiction have their own unique symptoms that may get in the way of your ability to function at work or school, maintain a stable home life, handle life’s difficulties, and relate to others. To make the situation more complicated, the co-occurring disorders also affect each other. When a mental health problem goes untreated, the substance abuse problem usually gets worse. And when alcohol or drug abuse increases, mental health problems usually increase too.
While substance abuse problems and mental health issues don’t get better when they’re ignored—in fact, they are likely to get much worse—it’s important to know that you don’t have to feel this way. There are things you can do to conquer your demons, repair your relationships, and get on the road to recovery. With the right support, self-help, and treatment, you can overcome a co-occurring disorder, reclaim your sense of self, and get your life back on track.
The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016) provides a comprehensive assessment of prevalence, incidence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) for 328 causes in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2016.
Source
Smoked up Stats
50%
of individuals with severe mental disorders are affected by substance abuse
53%
of drug abusers also have at least one serious mental illness
29%
Of all people diagnosed as mentally ill abuse alcohol or drugs
Raw data in table
Data arranged in graph format
Physical Data Visualisation
Presenting the above data in a more humane and depicting it in close to reality terms to show the severity and evoke emotions and thoughts
Taking up the inspiration from the substance abuse done through snorting in respective currency notes of the countries, I have tried to recreate that.
MATERIALS USED: Talcum powder, salt, green tea, printed currency, black base and lotss of patience :'(
