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Lanka's progress commendable - WHO

Sri Lanka's progress in the mental health sector is commendable and Sri Lanka has achieved a significant improvement in human resources development and expansion of resources and facilities. Sri Lanka is on the right track when it comes to improving mental health care, said WHO Representative Dr. Firdosi Rustom Mehta.

Mental health is one of the most neglected areas in the world when it comes to healthcare and medicine.

Around 30 percent of the world population suffer from some sort of mental disorder. Around 70 percent of the people who have mental disorders do not receive proper treatment.

One person commits suicide in the world every 40 seconds. Suicides are much higher than the deaths caused by war and murder in the world, Dr Mehta also said.

Sri Lanka has the world's 10th highest suicide rate. Earlier Sri Lanka had the world's highest suicide rate, Dr. Mehta said that Japan has the world's eighth highest suicide rate and Sri Lanka is placed below Japan and some Baltic and Eastern European countries.

Sri Lanka is doing much better in the field of mental health when comparing with the world's status.

He expressed these views addressing the National Mental Health Forum at the BMICH, Colombo yesterday.

 

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