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Hello Philena
Thank you for placing my feeds allthough I really don't quite know what that means.
I really haven't had much time to even look over the 360 program. I will take the time now though. I will also be happy to post on your forum. Did you just start it? I never got any kind of notification of it. I'll go to your forum right now and post for you.
Thank you for the invitation Philena.
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Young adults suffer disproportionately
Many young people fail to get adequate treatment for ailments such as depression, schizophrenia, anorexia and bulimia.
BY CINTHYA SÁNCHEZ/EL UNIVERSAL
El Universal
November 28, 2005
With people between the ages of 15 and 25 representing three quarters of all cases of mental illness and suicide the second-highest cause of death among this age group, national health officials are concerned about the nation's youth and young adults.
According to information fromt the National Statistics Institute (INEGI) and the Ramón de la Fuente Psychiatric Institute, young people are particularly vulnerable to mental illnesses such as depression, schizophrenia, anorexia and bulimia.
Of the 3,200 young people who commit suicide each year in Mexico, 80 percent of them suffered from a mental illness, said Manuel Sánchez de Carmona, psychologist and member of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders.
Sánchez said that stress and the use of drugs or alcohol can trigger the development of a mental illness. In the case of young people, often all three are present, he added.
In Mexico, 3 percent of young people suffer from anorexia and bulimia, 1.6 percent have a bipolar disorder, and 0.7 percent have schizophrenia according to the Health Secretariat. The World Health Organization (WHO) calculates that worldwide, 340 million people suffer from severe depression, an estimated 7.5 million of whom are Mexican.
The Health Secretariat reports that less than 1 percent of the national budget for the health sector is designated for services related to mental illness.
Early diagnosis is rare, said Sánchez de Carmona, since "in all of these disorders, except depression, young people think their symptoms are normal."
The onset of mental illness often occurs between the ages of 15 and 25 because it is a period in which humans go through dramatic physical and mental transformations. While often there is a genetic predisposition to mental illness, that is not true in all cases, said Sánchez. "In many of the cases of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, there is no genetic inheritance," he said.
When mental illness is detected early in its development, treatment can help young people carry on a normal life and even a successful future. But when left alone, the illness advances and "many lives end in suicide, or unstable social situations and lack of professional success because the person's illness affects all of their interactions with other people," said Sánchez.
Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are incurable, but can be treated. Anxiety and depression can be controlled and even cured, and eating disorders are curable.
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