India, Jan. 6 -- Yes, mental illness is invisible but devastating.
The bitter truth is that one out of every seven Indians suffer from a mental health disorder ranging from depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, idiopathic developmental intellectual disability, conduct disorders to autism.
A recent study by the Indian Council of Medical Research shows that in 2017, 197 million Indians were suffering from mental disorders of whom 46 million had depression and 45 million had other anxiety disorders. That the contribution of mental disorders to the total disease burden has doubled between 1990 and 2017 should serve as a wakeup call to act fast.
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