The number of people with mental illness is increasing: The Problem With Economic Inequality and Austerity

Austeria, inequality, and job uncertainty are bad for mental health, and the government must counter the need to prevent major growth of mental illness, one of the UN's leading health rapporteurs has said.

Dr. Dainius Puras, in an exclusive interview for the Guardian, has said that measures to address inequality and discrimination would be far more effective in combating mental illness than focusing on medicine and therapy, as has occurred in the last 30 years, translate Periscopi.

This would be better against mental illness and would be much better than the excessive use of psychotropic drugs currently taking place,” said Puras.

He said that since the 2008 financial crisis, policies stressing separation, inequality and social isolation were bad for mental balance. “Austerity measures did not contribute positively to mental health,” he said. “People feel insecure, feel in anguish, are not satisfied with emotional well - being because of the uncertain economic situation. ”

The best way to invest in the mental health of individuals is to create helpful environments in all spaces, families, and jobs. And then, of course, therapeutic services are necessary, but they should not be based on the pattern of overuse of drugs. ”

Puras said there has been a great effort to treat mental illness like physical diseases, which has not resulted in positive. /Periscope