Multidimensional Analysis of OECD Countries According to the Prevalence of Mental Disorders and Ranking with the MOORA Method

The aim of this study is to reveal similarities and the differences between Economic Cooperation and Development Organization (OECD) countries, separate them into subgroups and show the graphical positions based on 10 different mental illnesses prevalence. The 10 different mental illnesses are Bipolar disorders, Anxiety disorders, Eating disorders, Autism spectrum disorders, Attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorders, Conduct disorders, Idiopathic developmental intellectual disability, Other mental disorders and Schizophrenia Depressive disorders. The data were obtained from the Global Health Data Exchange database. Relevant data collected for 36 OECD countries were analyzed by the Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) method. As a result of the MDS analysis, it was seen that the countries were gathered under two groups. Results showed that both Euclidean model based on the prevalence of mental illness differ from the matrix of country Turkey is most similar cases have been identified as Sweden and the UK. When a comparison was made for all countries, it was seen that the two most similar countries were Slovakia and Hungary, and the most different countries were Portugal and Czechia. According to the results of the ranking analysis, when a single ranking was obtained for 10 different disorders, Japan is the country with the lowest prevalence according to the MOORA score and Australia is the highest one.