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The Global Burden of Depression

Leading cause of illness by 2030

Depression will be the leading cause of illness globally over the next 20 years according to the World Health Organization. Global Health TV speaks to Dr Ian McPherson from the National Mental Health Unit in England about how employment plays a key role in mental health and how mental health issues need to be pushed up the global agenda.
 
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