Mental Health
Mental disorders are a growing challenge to our society: According to the experts, almost one in three people suffer once in his life at one requiring treatment, mental illness.
Nearly ten per cent of absences among active professionals are caused by diseases of the psyche. So that mental illnesses are comparable with physical illnesses such as hypertension or cancer, who are in our society to the so-called common diseases.
Despite the central importance of mental health, mental illness is still a taboo in our society. At the same time, the results of epidemiological studies suggest a steady rise in mental illness, associated with costs in the billions for the German health system. Be added the cost of lost days, and early retirement.
These facts suggest: Promoting mental health is a societal challenge Mankind’s knowledge about the causes and nature of diseases and to increase information on the possibilities of prevention and therapy, as well as offers of help that is an important building block.
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Mental disorders are a growing challenge to our society: According to the experts, almost one in three people suffer once in his life at one requiring treatment, mental illness….