“Depression: let’s talk” was the subject matter for the World Health Organization’s annual World Health Day on 7^th April 2017. Depression was picked as the theme because, according to the newest approximates, around three hundred twenty-two million people suffer from depression globally; the count has expanded by more than eighteen percent since 2005. Roughly one in twenty people are living with depression, with women being more affected.

As a result, depression has become the dominant reason for medical sickness and disability globally, but the absence of encouragement for mental health fused with a general fright of shame equates to people not receiving the medical treatment needed to enjoy healthy, high-yielding lives.

The Alarming Depression on Rise

Margaret Chan, the director-general of the World Health Organization, stated that the increased numbers are an alarming call for countries to reconsider the way mental health is being dealt with and to look for ways to treat it with the necessity it demands.

The Impact of Depression

The influence of depression is both monetary and temperamental. The indications comprise the absence of liveliness, alterations in hunger and sleep sequences, uneasiness, agitation, excessive drinking or substance abuse, and contemplation for harming oneself, which is neither good for one’s health nor finances. The World Health Organization approximated that the cost associated with the problem adds up to one trillion US dollars per year.

Limited healthcare

The world health organization conveyed distress that in most countries, there is limited or zero encouragement and comfort for patients with mental health issues, only roughly inadequately inadequate, even in the first world countries. On average, only three percent of the national health allowance is used on mental health, differing mostly less than one percent in third-world countries to five percent in first-world countries, according to the world health organization.

For people suffering from mental health issues like depression, having someone to talk to is the initial step toward cure and improvement. An improved comprehension of depression and other psychological disorders and an understanding of how it can be cured is the starting point to the long journey of treating depression.