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By 2060, 3.75 billion working days per year could be lost due to the adverse health effects of dirty air – what economists call the “disutility of illness.”
The first step to prescribing the right medicine is to recognize the cause of the illness.
In the 1950s, Soviet influences (characterized by heretical clinical theories whereby particular forms of political and religious dissent were attributed to specific varieties of “dangerous” mental illness) dominated.
The claim that the spread of severe mental illness has reached “epidemic” proportions has been heard so often that, like any commonplace, it has lost its ability to shock.
Both manic-depressive illness and schizophrenia are psychotic conditions, characterized by the patient’s loss of control over his or her actions and thoughts, a recurrent state in which s/he cannot be considered an agent with free will.
Other studies have consistently shown rising rates of prevalence with each successive generation, and it is argued that, if older statistics were faulty, they erred on the side of underestimating the spread of mental illness.
Southeast Asian countries appear to be especially immune to the bane of severe mental illness; in other regions, poverty, or lack of development, seems to offer a protective barrier.
As I argue in my recent book Mind, Modernity, Madness, the reason for high concentrations of severe mental illness in the developed West lies in the very nature of Western societies.
Some scientists, indeed, are convinced that genetic tests will eventually help predict behavioral tendencies and personality traits – including predispositions to mental illness, homosexuality, addiction, even risk taking, timidity, and religiosity.
The need for profit encourages employers to give genetic tests to workers to discover who may be most productive, or who may be prone to illness that might lead to costly claims for compensation.
Dengue fever is a leading cause of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics, with as many as 100 million people infected each year.
Freud included crude diagrams of neuralnetworks representing our inner experiences, defense mechanisms, and some possible causes of mental illness.
Our research tools and theories remain primitive relative to the complexity of the human brain and there are few definitive answers about the causes and treatment of mental illness.
By raising the cost of tobacco, we have the potential to reverse the epidemic, prevent widespread illness and suffering, and save millions of lives every year.
The Voices Behind Angelina JolieNEW YORK – On May 26, Angelina Jolie’s aunt, Debbie Martin, died of breast cancer at 61.Jolie’s mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died at 56 from a related illness, ovarian cancer.
In most US states, the criteria for obtaining one are to be at least 18 years of age (three years lower than the drinking age) and have no criminal record or obvious manifestation of mental illness.
Indeed, policies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions promise to bring about substantial reductions in heart disease, respiratory illness, cancer, obesity, diabetes, depression, and road deaths and injuries.
Bosses believe women employees may be absent more frequently due to pregnancy or the illness of a child.
Inequality seems to worsen health outcomes, reduce life expectancy, boost rates of mental illness and obesity, and even increase the prevalence of HIV.
After all, rates of severe mental illness are about the same across the developed world, yet the US seems to have more such shootings than do other countries.
Americans must acknowledge that educational and medical privacy laws require limited exceptions for notification of family and authorities when clear signs of severe mental illness surface, so that colleges and other institutions can take timely action.
Poor households can better cope with adverse shocks like crop failure, illness, or natural disaster.
Yet, comparable symptoms that arise after, say, dissolution of a romantic relationship, loss of a job, or diagnosis of a life-threatening illness are not excluded from diagnosis of disorders.
No lone African country, for example, can overcome the crushing burden of malaria, a disease that claims perhaps 1million lives per year, and which causes around 800 million episodes of illness per year.
A Mania for Diagnosing Bipolar DisorderPROVIDENCE, RI – During the past few years, many experts have suggested that bipolar disorder – a serious illness resulting in significant psychosocial morbidity and excess mortality – is under-recognized, particularly in patients with major depression.
Instead of natural resources hurting competitiveness, in Latin America (and other developing countries) it is financial flows that are causing the illness.
The faces of the mothers and fathers say it all: vaccines prevent illness and save lives.
So, by avoiding illness, infants have a greater chance of growing into healthier children who are able to attend school and become more productive members of society.
Moreover, they impede children’s physical and cognitive development, and leave them more susceptible to illness and premature death.
Those extra years are often accompanied by illness and disability – such as dementia, which the World Health Organization now estimates affects 47.5 million people worldwide.
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