Mental Illness causes more deaths than cancer or heart disease?

'Schools employers and GPs all have a role to play in mental health care in the UK', according to the new mental health strategy. Research suggests that 1 in 6 people suffer from depression or anxiety at any given time, but only a quarter of those get medical help. A fifth of early deaths are related to mental health problems, compared to under a sixth for both heart disease and cancer. Read more on the BBC News site at:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/health/8396147.stm