Bhubaneswar, March 4 -- Depression is emerging like an epidemic. But the good thing is that the disease is presently being recognized. When compared, school students know the most about it and teachers know the least. This suggests the level of awareness. Dr Nimrat Singh, Clinical Psychologist, said this at OTV Foresight 2023 organised in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.

"One person out of ten people in India is suffering from mental health issues. It amounts to that one person in a family at some point or the other has struggled with mental health. And 80 percent of the people who struggle with mental health don't get treatment for at least one year. It is due to problems that existed in early detection," she said.

"The average time to detect ...