“The global toll of mental illness and neurological disorders is staggering.”

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

A WHO report revealed that mental disorders are “among the leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide.
Awake! magazine 7/22 2002. http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102002530?q=Brundtland&p=par

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