Internet Mental Health: "Mental Illness Ranks First In Terms of Causing Disability in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe
'When compared with all other diseases (such as cancer and heart disease), mental illness ranks first in terms of causing disability in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, according to a study by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2001). This groundbreaking study found that mental illness (including depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia) accounts for 25% of all disability across major industrialized countries'. (President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health"