mental health

Mental health statics on America’s soldiers have seen dramatic rises in suicides, domestic abuse, and drug and alcohol addiction. Soldiers must now go through an online assessment of their emotional status and will be taught emotional resiliency.

In developing countries, even when people with mental illness receive medical treatment, they often have trouble fitting in. A program in Uganda aims to change that by training people with mental illness to earn a livelihood. Joanne Silberner reports.

The World Health Organization said last week that within the next 20 years, depression will become the largest health burden on society. But treatment for it is often underfunded, despite drastically affecting productivity in many countries.

The road to recovery has begun for American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. The Takeaway speaks to Yael Danieli, a clinical psychologist and trauma specialist, and Anthony Feinstein, University of Toronto psychiatry professor.