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Thursday, February 1, 2018

Global “State of Mind”

Mental illnesses, like bipolar disease, schizophrenia and depression, are medical issues, not character weaknesses. They take a major toll on the world’s health, and addressing them is a necessity, not a luxury.

Half of the world’s 10 leading causes of disability are from psychiatric conditions. Mental illnesses, like bipolar disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia and depression, are medical issues —not character weaknesses. They take a major toll on the world’s health, and addressing them is a necessity, not a luxury. Depression alone was the leading cause of disability in every region of the world except sub-Saharan Africa, and outranked the death and disability caused by anemia (a sign of malnutrition), heart disease, cancer, malaria and lung disease.

http://discovermagazine.com/2017/dec/a-global-state-of-mind?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=News0_DSC_171116_000000_Final%20remainder&utm_content=&spMailingID=31672806&spUserID=MTE2MDc4NjYyODQwS0&spJobID=1162185774&spReportId=MTE2MjE4NTc3NAS2

More on OCPD and OCD
http://www.mindingtherapy.com/the-last-word/
For a shallow but meaningful introduction to OCOD there’s a very good movie, “The Last Word”, that I highly recommend. Here’s a trailer:
https://youtu.be/Fs8wpNFI0xM