Study: Mental Illness Is As Much Of A Global Threat As Infectious Diseases

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In this Tuesday, March 29, 2016 file photo, a woman prays in front of a makeshift memorial offered with flowers and stuffed animals for a girl who was killed Monday by a knife-wielding assailant outside a subway station in Taipei, Taiwan. The apparently random decapitation of the 3-year-old girl in front of her mother in low-crime Taipei this week has sparked outrage, calls to save the death penalty and questions about the island’s state of mental health care. Chiang Ying-ying / AP file
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In this Tuesday, March 29, 2016 file photo, a woman prays in front of a makeshift memorial offered with flowers and stuffed animals for a girl who was killed Monday by a knife-wielding assailant outside a subway station in Taipei, Taiwan. The apparently random decapitation of the 3-year-old girl in front of her mother in low-crime Taipei this week has sparked outrage, calls to save the death penalty and questions about the island’s state of mental health care. Chiang Ying-ying / AP file

Study: Mental Illness Is As Much Of A Global Threat As Infectious Diseases

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Research shows that depression and anxiety cost the world economy $1 trillion every year. Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Shekhar Saxena of the World Health Organization about efforts to improve treatment.Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit NPR.