1 in 7 Indians suffered from mental disorders, study
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 22-12-2020
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The prevalence of depression is highest in older adults, which has significant implications for the aging population of India. Depression is associated with suicide deaths in India.
The prevalence of childhood-onset mental disorders such as idiopathic developmental intellectual disability, conduct disorders, and autism is higher in the northern states but is decreasing across India.
Depression contributed to 33.8% of all mental disorder DALYs in India in 2017, followed by anxiety disorders (19.0%), idiopathic developmental intellectual disability (10.8%), and schizophrenia (9.8%). Among the major mental disorders that manifest predominantly during adulthood, the prevalence of depression was 3.3%, anxiety disorders 3.3%, bipolar disorder 0.55%, and schizophrenia 0.25%. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) are an international metric of disease burden that estimates the number of life-years lost because of death and disability.