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Kathmandu, April 20th
According to a report, about 13.2% of young people 18 years and older in the country suffer from mental health problems.
A national survey of mental health conducted by the Nepal Board of Health Research shows that adults are more prone to mental health problems.
According to the survey report, 3.4% of adults suffer from major depressive disorder, while 0.7% of adolescents (ages 13 to 17) have this disorder. The study shows that 0.6% of adults are suffering from agoraphobia (fear of getting into open places), 0.2% have a social anxiety disorder and 3.4 % have an alcohol-related disorder.
Similarly, 7.3% have a substance use disorder, 1.1% present psychotic disorder, 6.1% dissociative conversion disorder and one percent epilepsy.
According to the report, 11.2% of teens have one or the other form of mental health problems.
Among them, 0.7% had major depressive disorder, 2.2% agoraphobia, 0.4% anxiety separation disorder, 0.4% social phobia and 1.1% of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Similarly, 8.7% of adolescents and 10.9% of adults have suicidal tendencies. Of all patients with mental illness, only 21% have visited hospitals in the past 12 months.
According to the chairman of the Nepal Health Research Council Anjani Kumar Jha, Nepalese are at increased risk of developing mental illness, mainly due to factors such as low economic status, employment in the country, and high unemployment. discrimination based on bad and the high risk of natural disasters, among others.
"Mental health is still a neglected problem in Nepal," he said, adding, "People with mental disorders are often seen as threats to society, leading to lack of treatment and stigma."
According to the multisectoral action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (2014-2020), about 18% of the burden of disease related to noncommunicable diseases is due to mental illness.
A version of this article was printed on April 21, 2019 in The Himalayan Times.
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