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Fighting depression, one village at a time
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
18 July 2012
According to the World Health Organization, the disease that robs the most adults of the most years of productive life is… depression… three-quarters of the world’s neuropsychiatric disorders are in low-income or low-middle income countries… In troubled places, depression’s impact is more severe. Most families have no cushion or safety net — they are running very hard just to stay in one place… Today, not only is mental health getting global attention, mental health care is successfully expanding in many poor countries…
Tags: economy, globalization, Health, ideology, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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