Europe's health gap

摘要

Psychiatric illness is now the biggest source of ill health in Europe. Almost 40 per cent of the region's population - around 165 million people - experience a mental disorder each year, such as depression or anxiety, yet only a third receive treatment, according to a study published this week. Anxiety topped the league, accounting for 14 per cent of cases, followed by insomnia and depression, with 7.0 and 6.9 per cent, respectively (European Neuropsychopharmacology, DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2011.07.018).