Posted on 09/05/2011 9:23:49 AM PDT by Dallas59
LONDON (Reuters) - Europeans are plagued by mental and neurological illnesses, with almost 165 million people or 38 percent of the population suffering each year from a brain disorder such as depression, anxiety, insomnia or dementia, according to a large new study.
With only about a third of cases receiving the therapy or medication needed, mental illnesses cause a huge economic and social burden -- measured in the hundreds of billions of euros -- as sufferers become too unwell to work and personal relationships break down.
"Mental disorders have become Europe's largest health challenge of the 21st century," the study's authors said.
At the same time, some big drug companies are backing away from investment in research on how the brain works and affects behavior, putting the onus on governments and health charities to stump up funding for neuroscience.
"The immense treatment gap ... for mental disorders has to be closed," said Hans Ulrich Wittchen, director of the institute of clinical psychology and psychotherapy at Germany's Dresden University and the lead investigator on the European study.
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Makes one wonder if maybe communism and socialism doesn’t cause mental illness. You can’t stay mentally sharp when you sit around on your butt waiting for the nanny state to do everything for you. Especially when the government legalizes and encourages substance abuse (alcohol and drugs) to keep you happy.
That's nothing compared to 100% of democRATS here in the U.S. that suffer mental illness.
Not to worry. It’s nothing that church and hard work won’t fix. Church, you know those quaint old buildings that the tourists flock to.
And most of them are in government.
My wife and I were in Europe earlier this summer. Almost anyone can go to the doctor, complain about stress or any other symptom and explain that a wee at the spa would do wonders for them. The doctor writes the prescription, the worker goes to the spa and the government pays.
I’m surprised they didn’t find 100% with mental problems. The other 58% aren’t paying attention or are getting their weeks at the spa for non-mental health related issues.
Translation... give us more money. Lots more...
We've been saying for years that liberalism was a plague.
once shria law controls europe,
it’ll be 100%.
Every Obama supporter is insane!
Bats in a belfry. Nice!
This is utterly unsurprising. When you abandon God, the demons play havoc with your spirit.
But there comes a time when the insane elite won't recognize their own insanity.
I find it hard to believe that only 40% of Europeans are liberals.
When the government supports mental disease you get MORE OF IT...
Why work?... when you can get FREE Urpean money..
I don’t want to be seen as skeptical of this no doubt scientifically-derived statistic, but 90% of ‘em speak a foreign language, too. What’s up widdat?
the most vaccinated generation, ever
Just saying....
At these percentages, mentally ill is the norm and is no longer considered ill. It’s just normal.
I was thinking the same thing!
In the muslim world and Florida, the number is over 90%.
The other 60% don't suffer from mental illness, they enjoy it.
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