450 million
People affected by mental, neurological, or behavioral problems worldwide
World Health Organization
12%
Contribution of mental disorders to global burden of health
British Medical Journal
50%
Women with breast cancer who suffer from depression or anxiety in the year after diagnosis
British Medical Journal
121 million
People with clinical depression worldwide
World Health Organization
850,000
Annual deaths resulting from depression worldwide
World Health Organization
less than 25%
People who have access to effective treatment for depression
World Health Organization
"A cookie is a sometimes food."
Cookie Monster, voracious Sesame Street munchkin, changing his tune to help fight obesity in children
“Between normality and dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease there are more hilly, continuous relations than chasms of categorical distinctions. Alzheimer’s disease is a social marker, and those who control this marker are powerful.”
Peter Whitehouse, Professor of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease British Medical Journal
"That 10% of refugees have post-traumatic stress disorder is significant and should not be minimised. However, it means that 90% do not. The strength and resilience of refugees is understudied and needs to be honoured."
Michael Hollifield, Professor of Pyschiatry at the University of Louisville The Lancet
“Mental health problems do not affect three or four out of every five persons but one out of one.”
Dr. William Menniger, Founder of the Menniger Clinic in Houston, Texas
"A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?"