Depression cases highest in India- WHO- Needs a Helpline

[Dialurdoctor]

According to a study conducted by the World Health Organization, India
has the highest rate of major depression in the world.

It was found that in India, around 9% of people have been reported
having an extended period of depression within their lifetime and
nearly 36% suffered from “major depressive mode” (MDE). The average
age of depression in India is 31.9 years a compared to 18.8 years in
China. MDE is a phenomenon characterized by symptoms like sadness,
loss of interest or pleasure, guilt or low self-worth feelings,
disturbed sleep or loss of appetite etc. The study also signified that
people living in wealthier nations are more depressed than those in
relatively poorer ones as the average percentage of MDE was higher in
high-income (28.1%) than in low to middle-income (19.8%) countries.

WHO ranks depression as the fourth leading cause of disability
worldwide and projects that by 2020, it will be the second leading
cause. The findings were published in BMC (BioMed Central) Medicine, a
medical journal.
Dialurdoctor.com which provides toll free medical assistance helpline
said “we are receiving major number of calls for psychological
concerns and our doctors are equipped to deal with depression cases
with effective counseling the cases are high with corporate employees
who are under high stress. This kind of toll free medical helpline for
depression will be of great boon to India which has large number of
depression cases. Whenever our doctor feels that the patients needs
direct assistance from a psychologist we refer the patient to our
panel doctors available near the patients location”.

Dialurdoctor.com helpline can be reached by dialing 1800 1030 365
anytime round the clock.However the services are restricted to
registered members only who register online at our website www.dialurdoctor.com


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