World Day of Mental Health

This Day is an initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health and is supported this year by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) in collaboration with other NGOs and co-sponsored by WHO.

World Mental Health highlighted the links between mental and physical health. People suffering from stress or mental illness often also have physical symptoms such as headache, backache and fatigue.

The available data indicates that persons with mental illness, particularly those in institutions, have rates of mortality from cancer and heart disease higher than the rest of population. According to the figures, the elderly with depression are be exposed to an excess risk of cancer by 88% and depressed men at risk for heart disease increased by 70%. In the latter group, the risk of ischemic heart disease are three times higher.

There is a need of an intervention that reduces the physical distress and mental health of individuals and the losses it causes to society. Yet there remains a significant proportion of people with mental disorders who do not get the treatment they need. In the European Region of WHO, an estimated 50% of people with depression and 20% of those with schizophrenia do not receive medical treatment.

"Health without mental well-being is no true health," said Dr. Marc Danzon, Regional Director of WHO for Europe, which recalls that depression is now the third leading cause of morbidity and disability in the European Region of WHO.

Each year nearly 147,000 people commit suicide in the region. These figures underline the importance for European countries to establish a priority list and deciding action.

Although in our mind, diseases remain distinct and separate, in reality, people often suffer from various ailments at the same time. So many people suffer from both mental illness and physical illness. This combination is particularly tragic for certain population groups such as the elderly and the poor.

Indeed, diseases tend to multiply and worsen with age or when we live in difficult conditions. The global explosion of HIV/AIDS, the resurgence of diseases that kill, such as tuberculosis and the emergence of new infections has highlighted the links between physical illness and depression.

It is a rather complicated thing because a mentally ill person with a physical illness that puts his life in danger not only increases the degree of his suffering but makes him also less inclined to follow his treatment.

Therefore, when treating, we must consider the whole person. To achieve this, those who deliver health care - mental and physical - must combine their efforts in carrying out their responsibilities and put their skills together. On this World Mental Health, pledge to adopt a holistic approach and treating at the same time for body and spirit.

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