World Mental Health Day 2015 is being observed across the globe with the theme of ‘dignity in mental health’.
United Nations in its statement said on Saturday said thousands of people with mental health conditions around the world are deprived of their human rights. They are not only discriminated against, stigmatised and marginalised but are also subject to emotional and physical abuse in both mental health facilities and the community.
‘Poor quality care due to a lack of qualified health professionals and dilapidated facilities leads to further violations,’ the statement said.
Depression affects an estimated 350 million people around the world, and most of them are women. It is one of the main causes of disability around the world.
A quarter of the UK population will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year. The most common mental disorder in Britain is mixed anxiety and depression.
Around 47.5 million people worldwide have dementia. Dementia is usually chronic or progressive in nature.
