WHO Report: Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders

According to a new estimate published by the World Health Organization, the number of people with depression has increased by over 18% between 2005 and 2015. More than 80% of the burden of this disease lies in people living in low and middle income countries.

This handbook contains data on the latest available estimates of the prevalence of depression and other common psychiatric disorders at the global and regional levels as well as the impact of these diseases on health loss I will.

Reliable to the proportion of the general population affected by various diseases and health conditions, the latest estimate is an important element of effective health policy, planning and evaluation

People are often suffering from other medical or mental health problems and depression such as anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, phobia and eating disorders. If you or a person you love has symptoms of depression or other psychiatric disorders, please consult your doctor. Treatment can help. Anyone who wants to hurt themselves or speaks should take it seriously. Please do not hesitate to call the local suicide hotline at once. For 800-SUICIDE (800-784-2433), 800-273-TALK (800-273-8255), or for hearing-impaired hotline, please call 800-799-4889. Or contact a mental health expert as soon as possible. If you are planning or planning suicide, please go to the emergency room immediately.

What is the biggest risk factor of suicide? I suffer from mental illness. In fact, more than 90% of people who died of suicide are suffering from mental illness at the time of death. Depression and bipolar disorder are the most common mental disorders related to suicide, but drug abuse, schizophrenia and personality disability can also lead to suicidal risk. Family suicide history also raises the possibility that individuals die from suicide. In addition, 10% of suicide imitates suicide (also known as infectious disease).

Depression and other mood disorders are widely considered to be the most important suicide risk factors. For example, Bertolote and Fleischmann (2002) systematically assessed the study on diagnosis of mental disorders in individuals reporting suicide and discussed the effects of psychiatric diagnosis on suicide prevention 8. They reported that 98% of the suicides are diagnosable. Mental disorders The following visualizations are taken from their papers and provide detailed information about the type of mental disorders. The two pie charts correspond to different subgroups of the population. The image on the left is a person who died as a result of suicide and was sent to a mental hospital (a person who died but did not stay at the image on the right). Psychiatric hospital (label "general population")