Mental health in Finland

The prevalence of mental illnesses in Finland generally reflects global trends, with a clear increase in the occurrence of depression and anxiety. At any time, between 4% and 9% of the population of 5.2 million suffer from major depressive disorders. Some 10–20% of the population experience depressi...

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Autor principal: Lahtinen, Eero
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2006
Materias:
Country Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507829
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description The prevalence of mental illnesses in Finland generally reflects global trends, with a clear increase in the occurrence of depression and anxiety. At any time, between 4% and 9% of the population of 5.2 million suffer from major depressive disorders. Some 10–20% of the population experience depression during their lifetime. Bipolar depressive disorders affect 1–2% and schizophrenia 0.5–1.5% of the population. The prevalence of alcoholism is 4–8%.
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spelling pubmed-67347112019-09-10 Mental health in Finland Lahtinen, Eero Int Psychiatry Country Profile The prevalence of mental illnesses in Finland generally reflects global trends, with a clear increase in the occurrence of depression and anxiety. At any time, between 4% and 9% of the population of 5.2 million suffer from major depressive disorders. Some 10–20% of the population experience depression during their lifetime. Bipolar depressive disorders affect 1–2% and schizophrenia 0.5–1.5% of the population. The prevalence of alcoholism is 4–8%. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2006-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6734711/ /pubmed/31507829 Text en © 2006 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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