LAHORE, Oct 09 (APP):The most prevalence among other diseases is mental illness after cardiac disease and cancer which needs immediate attention of the society and the government. In an exclusive talk with APP here on Wednesday, Psychiatry Department of King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital Chairman Prof Dr Aftab Asif said the theme of world mental day this year is "Suicide Prevention". He said that mental disorders were on the rise …
Mental disease third most prevalence in society’
LAHORE, Oct 09 (APP):The most prevalence among other diseases is mental illness after cardiac disease and cancer which needs immediate attention of the society and the government.
In an exclusive talk with APP here on Wednesday, Psychiatry Department of King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital Chairman Prof Dr Aftab Asif said the theme of world mental day this year is “Suicide Prevention”.
He said that mental disorders were on the rise in the country as over 20 percent population was suffering from such disorders currently.
He said that mental illness was a ‘time bomb’ which would take lives of several innocent victims when it exploded.
