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Twenty five to thirty percent of the total population or about 30 to 40 million people of Pakistan are suffering from various mental disorders, while 15 to 20 million such people need to be admitted at psychiatric hospitals for treatment.
This was said by Karachi Psychiatric Hospital Managing Director Dr Syed Mubeen Akhtar on Tuesday.
He was addressing a press conference at Karachi Press Club in connection with World Mental Health Day to be observed today.
Akhtar said that psychological disorders affected the power of thinking and understanding, the way of talking and the attitude of a person, creating problems not only for his family but for the society as a whole.
The MD also said that mental disorders were curable by regular treatment. He stressed that in cases where people considered exorcising a patient, he was actually suffering from a kind of mental disorder.
Around 70 per cent patients with psychological disorders did not avail proper treatment at hospitals and rather wandered about at shrines or visited faith-healers.
Akhtar said the ever increasing number of suicides, violence, bloodshed and lawlessness in the country also suggested the gravity of the disorder as such crimes were the result of some mental illness.
He told that an awareness program with regards to such disorders would be organised on October 14 at Expo Center.
AKUH seminar today
The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) will hold a seminar to commemorate the World Mental Health Day 2012 on October 10.
An official of the institution said on Tuesday that the occasion is aimed at raising public awareness about mental health issues.
This year, it is pointed out, the theme for the day is `Depression: A Global Crisis.
Depression affects more than 350 million people of all ages in all communities, and is a significant contributor to the global burden of the disease.
On the occasion, the AKUH experts will highlight basic mental health issues, especially depression, management of depression in women, managing adolescent issues, depression in medical illnesses, and the role of rehabilitation in recovery of depression.Agencies
25pc Pakistani suffering from mental disorders - thenews.com.pk
This was said by Karachi Psychiatric Hospital Managing Director Dr Syed Mubeen Akhtar on Tuesday.
He was addressing a press conference at Karachi Press Club in connection with World Mental Health Day to be observed today.
Akhtar said that psychological disorders affected the power of thinking and understanding, the way of talking and the attitude of a person, creating problems not only for his family but for the society as a whole.
The MD also said that mental disorders were curable by regular treatment. He stressed that in cases where people considered exorcising a patient, he was actually suffering from a kind of mental disorder.
Around 70 per cent patients with psychological disorders did not avail proper treatment at hospitals and rather wandered about at shrines or visited faith-healers.
Akhtar said the ever increasing number of suicides, violence, bloodshed and lawlessness in the country also suggested the gravity of the disorder as such crimes were the result of some mental illness.
He told that an awareness program with regards to such disorders would be organised on October 14 at Expo Center.
AKUH seminar today
The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) will hold a seminar to commemorate the World Mental Health Day 2012 on October 10.
An official of the institution said on Tuesday that the occasion is aimed at raising public awareness about mental health issues.
This year, it is pointed out, the theme for the day is `Depression: A Global Crisis.
Depression affects more than 350 million people of all ages in all communities, and is a significant contributor to the global burden of the disease.
On the occasion, the AKUH experts will highlight basic mental health issues, especially depression, management of depression in women, managing adolescent issues, depression in medical illnesses, and the role of rehabilitation in recovery of depression.Agencies
25pc Pakistani suffering from mental disorders - thenews.com.pk
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