Mental disorders contribute significantly to the Global Burden of Disease, as four out of the ten diseases with the highest burden are psychiatric. About 25% of all develop one or more psychiatric and behavioral disorders during their lifetime. Unipolar depression ranges as the leading mental disorder with respect to disability adjusted life years. The major psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia and depression are found in all cultures and result in significant disability. The cost of mental disorders worldwide needs receiving increasing recognition.
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Kastrup, M. (2010). Global Burden of Mental Health. In Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures (pp. 1473–1491). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78665-0_86
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