Brazil mental health disability claims surge 15.7% in 2025, anxiety leads

Brazil's Social Security granted 546,254 temporary disability benefits for mental disorders in 2025, up 15.66% from 2024, with anxiety and depression as top causes. Longer-term data shows anxiety-related absences nearly doubling from 2023 to 2025, and burnout cases quadrupling, signaling a structural rise in mental health-related productivity loss. This trend elevates mental health as a corporate risk factor, potentially impacting labor costs and workforce productivity.