{"id":5,"date":"2008-10-11T19:27:33","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T23:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2023-11-18T22:37:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T03:37:14","slug":"world-mental-health-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/world-mental-health-day\/","title":{"rendered":"200 Million People Need Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 300 million people suffer from mental health disorders of which about 200 million are not receiving the treatment they need.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO Mental Health and Substance Abuse Department Director is quoted as saying, &#8220;The key point is to give voice to people with mental health problems so they can come up and say, &#8216;yes. We have mental health problems. So what. We want to be treated. We want to be respected. 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