Today in London at a forum about the global depression crisis, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan called for the tackling of depression to be made a global priority. Issues raised at the forum include:
- a widespread failure to recognise the scale of the problem, and put in place resources to overcome it.
- The WHO estimate depression is already the leading cause of disability worldwide - and set to rise.
- The NHS should be reorganised in such a way that physical and mental health issues are treated concurrently, not separately as they are now.
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