Majority of people suffer from depression

Saturday, October 11, 2008 By Our Correspondent LAHORE: THE World Mental Health Day 2008, which was observed across the world on Friday, remained a centre of focus in the city like never before, highlighting the reality that a majority of the population is suffering from depression and anxiety due to economic hardships and lack of security as a result of the ëUS-imposed war on terror’ in the country. Various seminars and walks were organised in the provincial metropolis in connection with the World Mental Health Day, observed under the theme “Making Mental Health a Global Priority-Scaling up Services through Citizen Advocacy and Action.î The eminent psychiatrists and other medical experts urged the government to formulate a national policy through the parliament involving all stakeholders from all walks of life to address the... [read full story]