India, among most depressed nations in the world: WHO Report

India was record­ed with the highes­t rate of depres­sion at 36%, the study found.


Express July 26, 2011

A WHO research has revealed that people living in wealthier nations are more depressed than those in relatively poorer ones.

According to research cited by The Independent, India was recorded to be among the nations with the highest rate of depression in the world at 36% making it an exception to the rule. The booming democracy is going through an unprecedented socio-economic change, which often become the reason for depression.

In France, the Netherlands and America, more than 30% of people suffered from a “major depressive mode” which was far higher than China’s figure of 12%.

The WHO found that  one in seven people in rich countries is likely to get depression over their lifetime which is equivalent to 15%, while one in nine (11%) in middle and low income countries is likely to go through the blues over their lifetime.

The global study also showed that women are twice as likely to suffer from the blues compared to men.

The findings were published in BMC (BioMed Central) Medicine, a medical journal.

COMMENTS (65)

Waqar | 12 years ago | Reply

@sanjay: "...no international agency shall bother to go deep in rural to collect the data. In fact anti depressants are rarely available in rural pharmaceuticals."

Although, anti depressants are rarely available in rural areas as very few people can afford them, India still has one of the highest suicide rates in the world amongst farmers and agricultural workers.

Swati | 12 years ago | Reply

Whats wrong with you Pakistanis? Sour Grapes!!! I think. can't stand India's success and rising economic might so lets attack India with whatever unresearched data published anywhere. I am a market research analyst and trust to me to do a reseach that can truly represent huge countries like India and China takes thousands of sample and years to collect and analyse the data. What these newspapers publish is a small piece of entire picture DONOT TRUST THEM!! India Rocks! Long Live and Prosper my dear India.

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