According to preliminary forecasts of the World Health Organization, in 2020, mental diseases among residents of megacities will come out on top in the overall structure of all diseases. The most dangerous are three diagnoses that threaten the population of huge cities.
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Megacities are considered an aggressive environment for the mental health of the population. In large cities, global total competition prevails, general rivalry, which invariably generates a negative attitude towards each other. There is a depletion of emotions, as pragmatic values come to the fore. If we add to all this a total lack of money and time, massive mental pathologies are simply inevitable.
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Despite the fact that megacities are crowded, the phenomenon of loneliness develops in many people. A man feels alone in a crowd. Against this background, the percentage of all forms of mental illness and borderline conditions increases significantly.
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Today, depression is considered a disease that ranks second in the number of causes of disability and mortality. Moreover, official statistics are significantly different from the actual number of cases. More than 50% of patients simply do not seek medical help. Suicides against the background of depression occur quite often.
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Residents of megacities suffer from a severe form of suicidal depression several times more often than the population of provincial cities and villages. By 2020, the number of sick people will increase several times.
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Anxiety disorder is a disease that threatens residents of megacities. Phobias, panic attacks, and social phobias can accompany depression or be independent symptoms of anxiety disorders. These mental illnesses threaten residents of megacities, since chronic stress is an unchanging life partner in a big city.
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Schizophrenia in megacities is affected 5 times more often than in the provinces. Chronic stress, financial problems, alcohol use and drug use are the main triggering factors in the development of the disease.