When compared to all other diseases, mental illness ranks first in terms of causing disability in the USA, Canada, and Western Europe, according to a study by the World Health Organization.

This groundbreaking study found that mental illness (including depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia) accounts for 25% of all disability across major industrialized countries".

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