Britain has the WORST mental health in all of Europe - but we're not as miserable as the Japanese, intriguing map shows
Two in five said they even trusted AI more than a mental health professional for guidance. It comes after a separate study led by Oxford University earlier this year found that using AI for medical advice can be dangerous, with the tech giving wrong diagnoses and not recognising when urgent help is required. More than a third of adults in the UK say they have poor mental health, while 30 per cent feel severely depressed, anxious and stressedThe latest figures also suggest that mental ill health in the UK may be more prevalent than official statistics state.
- ▪Two in five said they even trusted AI more than a mental health professional for guidance.
- ▪It comes after a separate study led by Oxford University earlier this year found that using AI for medical advice can be dangerous, with the tech giving wrong diagnoses and not recognising when urgent help is required.
- ▪More than a third of adults in the UK say they have poor mental health, while 30 per cent feel severely depressed, anxious and stressedThe latest figures also suggest that mental ill health in the UK may be more prevalent than official stat
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British people are the most miserable in Europe, according to a new analysis.More than a third of adults in the UK say they have poor mental health, while 30 per cent feel severely depressed, anxious and stressed.The results leave Britain behind only Japan and South Korea as the most gloomy nation, according to an analysis of mental wellbeing in 18 countries. Meanwhile, those who live in Thailand are said to be in the best state of mind, closely followed by residents of Switzerland.America was ranked relatively high – the sixth happiest nation of all 18 studied.The analysis, by insurance company AXA and market researchers Ipsos, is based on a survey of 19,000 people between the ages of 18 and 75 from 18 countries across Europe, Asia, North America and South America.Participants from each…
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