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a 143 people were killed in the moscow called a sub folder talking to check donald the case of the terrorist and target st repeated enemies. to watch those who got headlines to am moscow timeline is to be discards, probably fucked with another look in just under 60 minutes. the mental health is something that's been getting a lot of buzz recently. ever since the pandemic everyone is prioritizing it, demanding that others respect it, and many are using it as an excuse to just take a break from reality. but there is a difference between wanting and mental health break and actually suffering from depression. i'm christy, and you're watching the cost of everything more today. we're going to be talking about mental health and unraveling the intricacies of depression and anxiety, and the staggering costs that they impose on our society.

the depression is one of the most common forms of mental illness and the world with about 280000000 people worldwide suffering from it. the national institute of mental health estimates that $21000000.00 us adults had at least one major depressive episode, which represents around 8.3 percent of the us adult population. symptoms include a loss of interest in things that used to be enjoyable. lots of energy, feelings of worthlessness and guilt, difficulty concentrating, anxiety and thoughts or death or suicide. depression is more common among women than men, with the most common age between 18 to 25 years old. depression is also common among youth with up to 29 percent of teenage girls and almost 12 percent of teenage boys experiencing a major depressive episode in 2021. the younger generation are struggling with

mental health as a cobit pandemic. disruptive, pivotal periods of growth for young adults, which have left them more susceptible to the drivers of depression. young adults reported higher rates of depression than any other age group and the greatest increase in recent years. the depression and anxiety are on the rise, and there are multifaceted reasons behind this increase. you has to sidle pressures, economic uncertainties, and the fast pace nature of modern life. creating the perfect storm. the cost and connectivity and information overload also plays a significant role in amplifying stressors. technology introduces new challenges as constant exposure of security and versions of others live on social media. can foster feelings of inadequacy. so finding a healthy balance in our digital lives is crucial. the economic tool of depression is staggering from last productivity in the workplace to increased health care expenditures. the financial impact is substantial. we often underestimate the

ripple effects on families, communities, and the overall economy. one mental health is neglected. approximately 6 to 7 percent of full time us workers experience major depression disorder or mtv. within the past year, the total economic burden of us adults with n d. d was estimated at $210000000000.00. workplace costs accounted for the largest portion of the growing economic burden. as m d. d leads to absenteeism, and present p is where there is reduce productivity while at work. this results in reduced educational obtainment, lower earnings potential, higher unemployment, and increase work disability. 45 percent of the total costs are due to direct medical costs, such as therapy, outpatient, and inpatient medical services, pharmaceuticals, etc. the economic ripples of m. d. d, are extensive for every dollar spent on treating depression. an additional $4.70 is

spent on direct and indirect costs. a related illnesses and another $1.90 is spent on reduced workplace productivity. and now today we're joined by officer. i'm positive psychology expert, robert mac to discuss some more. and so how has the prevalence of depression involved over the years, and are there identifiable patterns or factors contributing to these changes? yeah, there were an additional $53.00 when to make use of anxiety and additional 76200000 case of major depressive disorder in 2020 and according to the global burden, disease study, lots of socio economic, cultural, and other factors or play there. i would say that women and children are and have been consistently, it's hardest. we mostly think that something outside of us or someone outside of us can or will make us happy, lots of space. lots of people can encourage us to be happy. but if we look closely

at the science and we look closely in reliance, we can bake. but the, i noticed that people who seem to have everything are often deeply depressed, least unhappy and often suicidal. what are the societal costs associated with uncreated or poorly managed depression? and treated work for them is depression, leads to higher suicide rates, higher health care spending, low quality life or work on duty. and so much more can you discuss some of the broader economic implications of depression, including its impact on workforce productivity and health care expenditures? depression has significant economic implications in direct cost like therapy and medication for individuals and indirect costs. like last productivity and disability claims for organizations, we tend to think about depression like an individual and on a case by case basis and that one of the things individuals and or their families loved ones. the truth is it affects all of us, whether we're diagnosed with clinical depression, anxiety or not. you're right. it has um,

economic cost and other cost that's to transcend the individual trans, in the family and actually affect us as a country and as, as a world. um, so yeah, the question of depression goes beyond what any particular individual experiences and it touches all of this in one way or another and other notable variations and the prevalence of depression across different countries or regions. i think the united states, we do tend to consistently right low with respect to happiness and time to start to depression. things are going to be for developed countries in our thoughts. that being said, the problems of depression rates varies across different demographics. so for instance, or, and then women and children were disproportionately affected with respect to depression and anxiety around lots of factors that contribute to lots that are depression, on one hand and happiness on the other. you know, i think consistently lots of countries in europe and south america and even in our rig, fire and happiness, the united states for lots of reasons. some of those factors have to do with house

. and one of we think the culture is surprisingly enough. so let's do the politics . so a lots of countries are sig, denmark, for example, maybe switzerland or even sweden, when folks are taxed at pretty much the same rate. so say your tax credit, but you know, i'm gonna be approximately 50 percent. everybody makes pretty much the same amount of money or so it's enough to have the same amount of money so that people choose careers as a result of that. because the last 4 of your passionate about doing x, y, and z, as opposed to choosing players, offered surely monetary, materialistic reasons. and so that means that later in life, they've generally happier progressions. they've chose also sometimes their health care benefits and other i'm so it says of the law firms that are put in place for people. so gonna have to worry about things like losing their job as much like health care and those things that are a great deal to people. so anywhere that people feel a lot more sense of trust where they go connected and not so late,

but it's only proceeded understood in their taking care of them by the government. this tests are going to report higher levels of happiness and lower levels of depression, relatively speaking, with countries that don't do those things. i'm so well, we're focused on other programs or other people as initiatives, how their cultural and societal factors influenced the understanding and reporting of depression in various parts of the world. and to look for the news. depression, we see a higher suicide rates, our health care spending or, or his life, or more productivity and more. and how often inconsistent leads are freely people on one hand report. a symptoms of depression, anxiety, defense, a large extent on how, except that is and, and even celebrate is within sort of our country. so there's always a lot of stigma around the depression and anxiety that there is a lot of parts of the world or with this particular says, you know, i can order status levels or within the doctor different races or the cities or

even gender are related differences to cost differences in reporting, and it can also cost differences in diagnosis as well. thank you so much, robert, but please stick around. author, robert mac will stay with us right here after the break. and as we head into the break, we will explore if a nation's culture can deeply influence mental health and access to treatment or not state and from on the acceptance. and i'm here to plan with you whatever you do. do not watch my new show search like why watch something that's so different whitelisted opinions that he won't get anywhere else. welcome to please or do you have the state department, the c i a weapons makers, multi 1000000000 dollar corporations. choose your fax for you. go ahead, change and whatever you do,

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the slave traders from european countries started building fords on the western coast of the african continent to transport the african inhabitants to america, to be forced into hard labor. until the middle of the 17th century, portugal had played the main role in the said process business. in great britain, france and the netherlands took the leadership for this fan of 400 years of legal and illegal slave trade. about 17000000 people were forcefully shipped across the atlantic. not including those who died on the way due to unbearable living conditions. modern historians estimate that for each slave ship to america, there were 5 who died while captured during transportation and cruel obliteration of rebellion. this roof was the full tre practice by the leading european countries,

took away tens of millions of african lives. the organization of united nations class advised the trends atlantics, the laved raid, as one of the greatest human rights abuses in the history of humanity. this is the biggest act of deportation of people ever seen by mankind. while depression is a growing problem, world wide ukraine tops the list as a country with the highest rate of depression. at 6.3 percent. this is followed by the us, australia and estonia at 5.9 percent, brazil at 5.8 percent and grease as 5.7 percent. a nation's culture can have a significant impact on both the mental health aspect of its population and the availability of treatment services. for example,

one depression is relatively uncommon in japan, suicide rates are high for children, and teens. 8 is 10 to 19. this is most likely due to the pressure to do well in school and work a and many asian cultures such as china, japan or korea. there is a concept of face which refers to one's reputation. mental health challenges are viewed as an individual problem or weakness, and talking openly about sadness, disappointment, or depression is rarely encouraged. in some african culture, such as nigeria gone or kenya, there is a belief in witchcraft which refers to the use of supernatural powers to cause harm or misfortune. people with mental health disorders may be accused of being, which is, are possessed by evil spirits, and may face ostracism from their family or community. in india, there's still a stigma, a lack of mental health awareness, mental illness is not considered a disease, but a state of mind. this leads to

a lack of trained professionals to service those who need it. but luckily, in many countries, the stigma surrounding mental illnesses is gradually decreasing. this enables a more open discussion of mental illness and makes people more likely to seek help and they need it. since the start of cobra, 19 more companies are enhancing their mental health benefit offerings for employees . a survey of $256.00 companies found that since coven 53 percent of employers have begun providing specific emotional and mental health programs for the workforce. these programs include free access to various health and wellness applications, video sessions with mental health counselors and stipends for psychological or physical health related services. meanwhile, countries with the lowest rates of depression include the solomon islands at 2.9 percent pipe. a new guinea, a 3 percent. micronesia at 3 point one percent, and nepal, a 3.2 percent. and now we're joined again by author and pauses. psychology expert,

robert mac to discuss a more to now robert, from an economic standpoint, what are the direct and indirect cost associated with depression for individuals? individuals based on the direct and indirect cost associated with depression, the direct costs, of course, or the cost of healthcare itself, treatments, medication therapy, things of that nature. the indirect costs going to be with things like harmony, sometimes overall loss of income and potential long term disability. when you're depressed, you're often used to the last, the motivation to show up to work. you need to take these off, but also the way you do show up, do you tend to be disengaged? and how does depression contribute to health care expenses, workplace, absenteeism, and disability claims. anything that would affect true motivation or your religious songs maintain it, consistently healthy mood is going to also attack people around. you can affect your ability to be productive to think creatively, to show up and be efficient and effective. and what you do add your job. what are

the financial considerations for individuals taking treatment for depression, including therapy and medication costs is speaking of steve nature pos for individuals out of pocket expenses for therapy, medications, and other types of treatment. are there disparities and access to mental health treatments based on social economic factors? there are significant disparities and access to mental health treatment. those are based mostly on to see i cannot have factors but also on other things like our gender and race and ethnicity and culture as well. people with lower incomes and people with health insurance based probably the greatest challenges with respect to those getting diagnosed with and getting treatment for depression, anxiety under other mental health disorders. lots of those folks who don't have access to health insurance and have lower incomes for lots of reasons that have directly to do with not having access to health insurance and not having enough money to pay the bills if they are living below a level of subsistence which means they can't pay for basic necessities are going

to be under more stress. them are the ones that use result of that. they're more detailed, more help with some more list. so not only are they more subject often to experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety, but they also have less access to doing anything about it unless it believes anything about it. and that can actually increase or make worse that oppression. these are itself. and are there studies or rankings that identify countries with higher rates of depression and what factors might contribute to these variations studies like the global burden of disease? so we provide good sites in the countries with higher rates of depression, but really indicated a dentist impact on increasing the problems things that even depression. but there are course lots of factors that it also speaks to, including some of the things we mentioned before, which is sort of socio economic status, politics, culture raised the city, gender even, and even age. those things can all play a critical role. they both are getting diagnosed with or you know, depression,

anxiety or another, another disorder, and also being treated for it seems like as id and depression are quite prevalent in our society today. but where is the threshold for someone to be clinically diagnosed as depressed or suffering from high anxiety? and just someone who doesn't coldwell with stress and pressure and people diagnoses for depression is significantly different than normal, healthy. but often uncomfortable responses that we have to stress in thursday and the challenges of our everyday life. when you find it extraordinarily different that difficult and to respond to everyday life in a way that is other than healthy. in other words, you're showing that response to this or see which means your life in a way that makes it difficult to get to the day. when you find it difficult to find interesting things that you normally have interest in. when you find it difficult

to sleep, so you're speaking to the order seeking too much, you just want to always be asleep. things of this nature. what are some of the criteria that a mental health professionals use to diagnose clinical depression? the depression is really something that goes way beyond the sadness that goes way beyond your everyday stress. and it's a clinical diagnosis that you receive only from a mental health professional. and they have a checklist of frontier today. you know, so that you, for, to determine whether or not with your experience is normal and healthy or requires a deeper or greater form of treatment your medication. and so, yes, i'm able, depression is significantly different. and from a normal responses that we all sorts or have you know, for what we're experiencing, other challenges or a person your life. we've got businesses use a usual psychology and one hand. and that's what we used to diagnose. clinical disorders, depression, anxiety, we've got pauses. i told you the other hand, it mostly focused on mental health it together. they treat a science that says,

see clearly what leads to happiness, the costs, happiness, what gets the way of it and what piece of depression anxiety instead. and so there's, there's no question about it that the way we live here in the united states presents unique challenges to feeling consistently a piece to feeling satisfied with your life. i'm definitely happy and can sometimes make it a lot easier to feel depressed and anxiety and stressed out and on other other things. the speed at which we live is one of those factors. the diversity is actually a huge benefit and really fantastic. and lots of ways that can also be a challenge and not just diversity in terms of race and gender and, and religion listening to things, but also to just a variety of thoughts. and that's a diversity of thought insights sticking does have a challenge for folks who are unable to maintain or hold kind of distance, which is just the stress and anxiety of seeing or experiencing contradictory ways of living often. that's another example, i think also going to states we have

a very individualistic culture. some cultures are going to go with the individual listed somewhere. it works with a collectivist. and what that essentially means is that we have decided to have this self made person which can be really inspiring on one end. but it also can be put on very low b on the other. and they can also blame themselves when they're not successful, or they're not driving. and then we add into that a lot of that taking logical factors like social media and being so available online. you'll see that it was lives 2 decades ago. you could only really understand or seeds people's lives. they told you about them. what was your next door neighbor? these days you can literally get a glimpse into millions of people's lives across the entire world. and that can set you up for and happiness. even depression, anxiety, as you begin to compare and contrast your life in your day with millions of people's lives across the world. so we've got a lot of factors that can plan to the challenge that we face here in united states, specifically across the world as well. thank you so much, robert,

for all your time today. for a while, depression is on the rise, the bright spot, and all of this is the pharmaceutical industry. yes. for every problem there seems to be a little pill that can make it all better. the anti depressant market is experiencing substantial growth, reaching an estimated value of $21800000000.00 by 2030, a surgeon prevalence and an increasing awareness towards mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety are pivotal factors driving this expansion. the number of anti depressants prescribed per year, more than tripled over the past 2 decades, from 18400000 in 1998 to 70900000 in 2018. 50 for 7 percent of gen the years with mental health conditions are taking medications. and those who aren't on their parents insurance pay around $528.00 a year out of pocket for medication. north america is identified as pertaining the

largest market share. so the pharmaceutical industry ends up being the big winner, even though a reliance on pharmaceuticals to solve your problems. is it optimal? but unfortunately, people like the easy way out and would rather take a pill then to solve these problems in therapy. i'm for 3. i, thanks for watching and we'll see you right back here next time on the cost of everything the the criminal is declared that russia is now in a state of war due to the west involvement in ukraine. this as being russia is changing strategy and aims. and should we expect the collective west to continue up the escalation latter? a wrench. okay, do this, but it's a bit of

a compressor. gotcha. what about the to mean? i know, even though 3 of the fall of the school graduates, if you find out where you liked it, the worse for you see what's going on with her or to bridge the simple do this close to you. i'm going to be like this via on the right in the substrate the entire body somewhere. i'm not boring holidays occasional family days. we're posting the show every day. i know i keep seeing saying this, i don't want to be repetitive, but we used to be a weekly, so i don't want to confuse you. we're now a daily and we hold no punches. so look for it. truth, palm number one,

isis k does not, does not have actual ties to russia. why now is it being made the same that they do? truth from number 2? phone tracking devices show the suspected terrorists were heading toward the ukraine border. it's kind of official now, why trip on number 31 of the biggest, the most impressive suspension bridges crashes into the water with people on it. and important questions need to be asked. you will see it for yourself cuz we have the video of rick sanchez. this is direct impact the, the, you know, i've been noticing something and it has seemed to me that seem to me like in the last couple of days, reports from western media and their sources have tried to fit the. i says k

narrative into like the carcasses and into the deepest add them into syria. edit any other way that they possibly can to somehow try and tired link it to, to, to russia. kind of like trying to make the whole thing make sense. but are they switching things? well, let, let's look at it. let's look at it while i says k is being recognized by the us and others as the responsible party in the, at that, at the concert hall in moscow. there were no questions that need to be asked about why they would do so. why says k y moscow, right? i want to, i want to see something here. there's a report we found, it's a, it's a report on isis k done by none other than one of the big tv networks in the united states. and it was back in the 2021, a license k, the k 4 corresponds to an area around the afghanistan pakistan border isis k

claims to be a branch of the main isis terror group, which gained power in syria and iraq. 7 years ago. you noticed the story they were telling them is a little different than the one they're telling. now notice how back then they referred to isis k as being from afghanistan and all the vast majority of its attacks, of all, mainly occurred in afghanistan with some actions and places like a rock in iran, syria, a little bit. i guess it's hard to nail down. i know geography can get a little confusing, but, but those are not countries that are in the cactuses. those countries i just named are not in the caucus. it's. it would seem that what some of the western media are doing is trying to squeeze a square peg into a round hole. some western reporters and even government officials seem to be trying to make it as if there was a clear and relevant connection between isis k and russia. but they're really doesn't seem to be one. i mean,

it's just the way it is. i'll tell you this. yesterday, right here on this program, we interviewed analysts marks with about a, a and i didn't know what he said. so i was taking it back by he showed an eye opening perspective on who isis k really is, who they really are tied to as the leader of quote, unquote, ices k was a contractor at bag grub, the us air force base and afghanistan. well then work security for a drug, lord rochelle does do a top c i a proxy and the vice president of afghanistan at one time he later worked for umbrella. so late chief of the asked in intelligence unit, literally the c i a is right hand man. and afghanistan, and he points out that it's right there on the computer page. so what are you suggesting? clearly is it isis k is and has always been a c i a cookie.