According to the latest report by World Health Organization (WHO), depression occurs in one in very five individuals. It is an alarming concern that every medical bodies and association are worrying about.
The recent rise in this mental disorder sickness provides indication that it is a worldwide problem that not only affect the adults. The statistics by National Health Morbidity Survey (NHMS) also showed that the rise in adolescent cases was equally bad.
The following are some extracts of the statistics taken from the report.
"According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression will be one of the largest health problems worldwide by 2020, and health surveys have shown that mental disorders occur in about one in five individuals or 20 per cent of the world population each year."
“The National Health Morbidity Survey (NHMS) Malaysia which was carried out in 2006, revealed that 11.2 percent of the adult population has some form of mental health problems as compared to 10.6 per cent in 1996 while among children and adolescents, it was 20.3 per cent as compared to 13 per cent in 1996.
“The survey also showed that 19.5 per cent of the older age group (70 to 74 years) and 14.4 per cent of the youngest (between 16 and 19 years) were also more prone to having mental health problems than the rest of the age group,” he said.
Depression or mental disorder was found the to be one of the main causes of suicide cases. So do not take depression lightly.
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