Mental Health https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk CMVM Psychiatry at work Tue, 31 May 2016 07:51:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Mental illness is common, disabling, stigmatised and under-treated https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2015/03/mental-illness-is-common-disabling-stigmatised-and-under-treated/ https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2015/03/mental-illness-is-common-disabling-stigmatised-and-under-treated/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:03:01 +0000 http://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/?p=20 Mental illness affects 37% of the adult population over a typical year in the European Union [1], and about 50% of the population over the average lifetime in the USA [2], although figures are slightly lower in less industrialised nations.[3] Recent, large, well-conducted studies suggest that Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorder … Continue reading →

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