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Financial Crisis will add to the Mental Health Problems

Thursday, the World Health Organization warned that global financial crisis could lead to increased mental health problems and even suicide, as a result of a lot of people worried of poverty and unemployment.

There are hundreds of millions of people around the world affected by the mental health problems, such as depression and mood disorders. The current financial crisis may deepen the despair of these sensitive groups.

WHO said the impact is particular to the lower / middle income countries, as a result of these countries with limited medical resources.

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan in a mental health expert meeting, said we should not underestimate the financial turmoil may have consequences, or fell surprise of the consequences. In fact, we found there are still serious gaps to take care of these people.

She said that poverty and poverty-related pressure including violence, social exclusion, long-term insecurity related to the attack of mental disorder.

Benedetto Saraceno, the director fo WHO Mental Health and Substance Abuse Department said that every four people there is a person will suffer from mental health disorders in a certain period of his/her life.

When be asked about the financial crisis, Salaqienuo told reporters poverty could be leaded by the following reasons - debt, despair and sense of loss. Even the poor will be in the impact of the financial crisis.