WHO / DEPRESSION REPORT

A new World Health Organization (WHO) report said more than 300 million people worldwide live with depression representing an 18 percent increase between 2005 and 2015. WHO said the illness affects people of all ages, from all walks of life, in all countries, and ranks as the largest single contributor to global disability. WHO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:03
• Production Date: 23 February 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: MENTAL HEALTH
• MAMS Id: 1836627
• Parent Id: 1836627
• Alternate Title: unifeed170223c

Description

STORY: WHO / DEPRESSION REPORT
TRT: 02:03
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 23 FEBRUARY 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

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RECENT - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Wide shot, WHO headquarters

23 FEBRUARY 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Chisholm, Health Systems Adviser, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The key points in this report that we’ve released today are that depression is a very common mental disorder affecting over 300 million people yearly and is also the leading cause of disability worldwide contributing 7.5 percent of all years lived with disability globally. It is also of course a leading contributor to suicide deaths which number nearly 800,000 deaths a year.”
3. Wide shot, Chisholm discussing report
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Chisholm, Health Systems Adviser, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization (WHO):
“These anti-depressant medications are indicated for more moderate and severe cases, or people with more severe symptoms. And also we do not recommend that these drugs are used in children and only in very particular circumstances in adolescents as well.”
5. Zoom in, report
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Chisholm, Health Systems Adviser, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Depression is a very common disorder, affecting over 300 million people globally. It is a very stigmatized condition and partly as a result of that it is very under recognized and undertreated. There is a huge treatment gap in the lower income countries in the world; it’s more than 90% of people who could benefit from treatment do not get it.
7. Med shot, Chisholm discussing report
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Chisholm, Health Systems Adviser, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Talking is actually the first point in the road towards recovery. And talking can occur both between individuals with the condition and people who they trust as a means of recognizing their problems.”
9. Close up, report

Storyline

A new World Health Organization (WHO) report said more than 300 million people worldwide live with depression representing an 18 percent increase between 2005 and 2015. WHO said the illness affects people of all ages, from all walks of life, in all countries, and ranks as the largest single contributor to global disability.

Doctor Dan Chisholm of WHO’s mental health department said depression is a very stigmatized condition and as such is very under recognized and undertreated. He said treatment gaps were particularly large in lower income countries where “more than 90% of people who could benefit from treatment do not get it.” Chisholm added that depression contributed some 7.5 percent of all years lived with disability globally and is a leading contributor to suicide deaths.

WHO recommends both psychosocial and pharmacological treatments of depression, but Chisholm stressed that anti-depressant medications should not be used in children and “only in very particular circumstances in adolescents.”

Chisholm said talking was “the first point in the road towards recovery” from depression adding that WHO encouraged people to discuss the issue to raise the level of awareness about the condition.