DEPRESSION

(Mental Illness)
In
Japan

By: Kiranjeet
Overview

● Common mental illness

● Causes the feelings of sadness
● Occur at any age but most commonly
in adults
● There are seven types of depression
● It affects on Central Nervous system,
Digestive System, Cardiovascular
System
 Depression In Japan
Local Impact of depression in Japan
● Overwork suicide (employees)
● Population - 126.8 million ● Economic crisis and its effects on
rural communities (farmers)
● 75% live in urban areas
like Tokyo, Yokohama, Global impacts of depression
Kawasaki, Osaka and ● Globally more than 300 million
Nagoya people suffer from depression
● More women are affected than
men
● Can lead to suicide, ~ 800 000
people commit suicide every year
 Current Initiatives

● Basic act for suicide prevention

(2006)

● Comprehensive psychiatric
treatments

● Pharmacist need to monitor

psychiatrists prescribing behaviour
and qualities of psychiatric treatment
 Current Initiatives
Successful?
● Basic act for suicide prevention
appear to be paying off.

● By 2012 number of suicide fell

below 30 000 since 1998

● 2013 a further decline in numbers

was observed
 Improvement?
● It is time to educate ourselves
about depression “A SOLUTION FOR DEPRESSION
IS AT HAND... EFFICACIOUS AND
COST EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS
● Support those who are
ARE AVAILABLE TO IMPROVE THE
suffering from depression HEALTH AND THE LIVES OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND
● Cost-effective treatments are THE WORLD...”
available around world for
depression
 References
Yakugaku (2013) Current situation of suicide in Japan, and what
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Japan turning a corner in suicide prevention. (2017, August 25).
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tory/en/
Depression A Global Public Health Concern (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.who.int/mental_health/management/depression/w
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What is depression by Rana Parekh (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/depression/what-i
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The Effects of Depression in Your Body. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.healthline.com/health/depression/effects-on-body
#1
The Causes of Depression (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.verywellmind.com/common-causes-of-depression
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