| According to The Lancet "Series on Global Mental | | | | diseases that complicate treatment and can lead to |
| Health", neuropsychiatric disorders make up 14% of | | | | poor outcomes, including a higher risk of death. More |
| the global disease burden. Because mental illness is so | | | | research needs to be done to better understand the |
| debilitating, it contributes more to the global burden | | | | link between mental and physical health and the |
| than heart disease, stroke, or cancer. | | | | potential for mental health intervention to improve |
| Neuropsychiatric disorders include depression, | | | | physical well being. |
| psychoses like anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, | | | | Very little is known about the impact of mental |
| eating disorders, Alzheimer's disease, in addition to | | | | disorders on physical illness in low and middle income |
| substance and alcohol use disorders. | | | | countries. Eighty percent of non-communicable |
| Professor Martin Prince of the London King's College | | | | disease deaths occur in these countries and mental |
| Institute of Psychiatry claims that mental illness can | | | | healthcare budgets are too low to measure the |
| increase the likelihood of developing and amplifying a | | | | impact of neuropsychiatric disorders. Professor Prince |
| wide range of physical illnesses. He explains that | | | | claims that "Mental health awareness needs to be |
| neuropsychiatric disorders are commonly | | | | integrated into all elements of health and social policy... |
| accompanied by communicable and non-communicable | | | | |