VNE – By Le Nga   October 11, 2022 | 03:29 pm GMT+7

A patient with depression is being treated at the National Institute of Mental Health in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Thuy An

Around 15 million Vietnamese are afflicted with mental illnesses, with depression and anxiety taking the top spots, Deputy Health Minister Tran Van Thuan said.

At a Monday meeting to commemorate World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10), Thuan said around 14.9% of the Vietnamese population suffer mental illnesses. Most people in Vietnam associate mental illnesses with schizophrenia, while the condition actually only afflicts 0.47% of the population, he added.

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