A recent survey conducted by a Delhi hospital confirmed that 50 per cent of the people in the national Capital is constantly stressed out while more than 30 per cent of the young adults between 21 and 30 years of age suffer from anxiety and depression. The survey results came days before the 'World Health Day' the 2018 theme for which is 'Young people and mental health in a changing world.'
"India has the world's highest number of this age group with 356 million, despite having a smaller population than China. Compounded with the fact that the young population is growing fastest, in the poorest nations, this puts the youth in an extremely vulnerable position. Additionally, as the young age is one of the most important formative phases of life, mental disorders in the youth have major impacts on the future, preventing the person from ever achieving his potential in life and robbing the country of huge workforce," said Dr (Prof) RK Chadda, Head of Department of Psychiatry and Chief, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, who was one of the speakers at the lecture organised by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, on Tuesday, in lieu of World Mental Health Day.
As per the Global Burden of Disease Study report released in 2016, which studies the causes of death from over 249 diseases in about 195 countries, suicide is the most common cause of death in India after the road-traffic accident. A study in the Lancet medical journal found that 37 per cent of global suicide deaths among women and 24 per cent among men occurred in India.
"About 35 teenagers out of 1,00,000 people die in India by committing suicide. This number is much higher as compared to other neighbouring countries, Indonesia sees ten times lesser suicides so does Nepal, where it is 25 teenagers out of 1,00,000," said Dr Vikas Dhikav, Coordinator of Clinical Research Association of India.
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