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Health Organization states one out of four worldwide
suffer from various forms of mental, behavioral and
neurological disorders. Are you one of them?
It
has also been estimated that depression would be the
second largest illness by 2010 keeping in mind its
pace by which it is affecting people world over. Here
is some statistics for you: Experts in the field of
mental health claim that more than half a billion
people worldwide suffer from psychiatric disorders,
which include abuse owing to drugs and alcohol, epilepsy,
dementia, schizophrenia and stress related disorders.
To break up, we have around 400 million people suffering
from anxiety disorders, 340 million from mood disorders,
250 million cases of personality disorders, 100 million
cases of alcohol dependence and 45 million cases of
schizophrenia. |
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The
definition of health as been stated by World Health Organization
includes physical, social, emotional and logical well being.
Out of these four parameters, three are related to mental
health. So, now you know how important is mental health for
you and we tend to ignore it the most.
Most
of us believe, especially who are suffering from mental illness,
that depression and other mental disorders are not curable.
Again the specialists, doctors and psychiatric in this field
totally feel the opposite. Not just its their profession but
it has been proved too. With proper aid, guidance and medicines
treatment of mental health is very much possible.
Studies
at Harvard has proved that women are more
vulnerable to depression than men. For every men suffering
with depression, there are two women and one out of eight
women have an episode of major depression in her life. Major
factors responsible for this result are difference in genes,
stress, pregnancy, acknowledgement of symptoms, premenstrual
disturbances. Heredity accounts for up to 50 percent of
the risk of depression. Well that was really an eye-opener!
Depression
is basically psychological disorder involving your
body, mood, feelings, and even thoughts. Depression causes
the change in the way you think, feel about yourself or
about other things, behavior, and your well-being. Depression,
if left as it is, can last for months or even years.
Know
the symptoms and treatment of depression at http://www.weightloss-health.com/symptoms_depression.htm.
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