What disease is bigger burden than AIDS, malaria or cancer? Depression

People are always surprised, or in disbelief, when they hear this. But mental illness is, in fact, regarded as one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide.

What is the most burdensome disease in the world today? According to the World Health Organization, the disease that robs the most adults of the most years of productive life is not AIDS, not heart disease, not cancer. It is depression. This is especially true in places that have experienced war, disaster or crushing deprivation.

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