India and China face huge mental health burden, reveals study

• Eastern Eye Staff
• 19 May, 2016

By: Eastern Eye Staff

China and India are home to more than a third of people with mental illness, but only a tiny fraction of them receive medical help, according to studies released today. There are more people in the world’s two most populous nations coping with mental, neurological and substance use problems than in all high-income countries combined, the research found. That burden will become much heavier in coming decades, especially in India, where it is projected to increase by a quarter by 2025. China, meanwhile, will struggle with the rapid rise of dementia in its greying population, a by-product in part of…

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