The Buddha and mental health..
The Buddha’s teachings are all about dealing with mental illness – with a disturbed mind. Here are some statistics FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION.
The facts and figures around Mental Health in the UK are alarming.
1 in 4 people will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year
Mixed anxiety and depression is the most common mental disorder in Britain
Women are more likely to have been treated for a mental health problem than men
About 10% of children have a mental health problemat any one time
Depression affects 1 in 5 older people
Suicides rates show that British men are three times as likely to die by suicide than British women
Self-harm statistics for the UK show one of the highest rates in Europe: 400 per 100,000 population
Only 1 in 10 prisoners has no mental disorder
This is a description of our modern world! To find out the causes, study the Buddha’s teachings.
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