Mental care difficulties on the agenda
By Ben Yue | China Daily | Updated: 2014-02-17 07:23
Tackling long-standing issues on non-communicable diseases
Depression, dementia, schizophrenia and substance abuse. Such mental health issues affect around 10 percent of the world's population.
As one of the main non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mental healthcare amounts to more than $2.5 trillion globally each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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