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SCIENCE UPDATE
Author(s) -
Krulewitch Cara J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the journal of midwifery and womens health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1542-2011
pISSN - 1526-9523
DOI - 10.1016/s1526-9523(01)00122-2
Subject(s) - burden of disease , depression (economics) , disease burden , disease , mental disease , medicine , psychiatry , gerontology , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
In both developing and developed regions, depression is women's leading cause of disease burden. The burden of mental illnesses, including depression, has been seriously underestimated by traditional approaches that measure mortality and not disability. While psychiatric conditions are responsible for little more than 1% of deaths, they account for almost 11% of disease burden worldwide.