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‘Burden of Mental Disorders Across the States of India: Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2017’
December 26 , 2019
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- It has been conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI).
- Mental disorders of various kinds are adversely affecting a large population of Indians, especially in South Indian States.
- Prevalence of depressive disorders was highest in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and Telangana in the high Socio- demographic index (SDI) State group and Andhra Pradesh in the middle SDI State group.
- One in every seven Indians were affected by mental disorders of varying severity in 2017.
- The higher prevalence of depressive and anxiety disorders in southern States could be related to the higher levels of modernisation and urbanisation in these States.
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