Mental health

Turkey continues to host the largest number of school-aged refugee children and youth, which increased to 976,200 in 2017 from 833,039 in 2016, with efforts provided increasing enrollment in primary schools, yet access to secondary education is still low, an expert said.

Sixty percent of refugee children in Turkey have at least one type of psychological illness, according to Dr. Veysi Çeri from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Department at Marmara University's Pendik Training and Education Hospital. 

About 66% of Bulgarians (or nearly two-thirds of the population in Bulgaria) give a "good" or "very good" assessment of their health as a whole, according to Eurostat data on the self-assessment of the health status of Europeans in 2016.
 

Julian Assange's six-year stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London is dangerous for both physical and mental health. This is the results of his last medical examination conducted by two medics in October for a total of 20 hours in 3 days, according to a news agency.

Reforms have improved the quality of psychiatric care in Greece but the closure of several specialist clinics due to the austerity demanded by the country's creditors has shifted a large part of the burden onto state hospitals, a European report has found.

Individuals with a history of “self-mutilation,” bipolar disorder, depression, and substance abuse can now apply for waivers to join the U.S. Army under a policy quietly enacted in August.

USA Today reported on Sunday that the policy was enacted without announcement.

Daydreaming used to be considered a waste of time but thanks to recent scientific research it seems that quite the opposite is true.

Taking part in even a small amount of exercise each week can significantly reduce the chance of suffering symptoms, researchers showed.

In the largest ever study of its kind, analysis involving more than 30,000 adults revealed 12 per cent of depression cases could have been prevented by a small amount of regular exercise.

The death of a talented young Romanian who jumped off the dome of London's landmark St Paul's Cathedral has caused widespread shock in the UK.

Lida Dragescu, aged 23, leapt to her death on October 11 from the so-called Whispering Gallery, which runs round the interior of the baroque dome of the Cathedral designed in the 17th century by Christopher Wren.

Mental health problems are the second public health problem of the Serb population after cardiovascular disease, the Danas newspaper reported, the day before the World Health Day on 10 October.