Austerity Drive Increasing Mental Health Issues in Europe and North America

Budget cuts to mosquito-spraying programs by the Greek government also led to first cases of malaria in decades. Things are not better in the US with more than five million Americans losing access to healthcare while over 10,000 families in Britain are homeless.

"Our politicians need to take into account the serious - and in some cases profound - health consequences of economic choices. The harms we have found include HIV and malaria outbreaks, shortages of essential medicines, lost healthcare access, and an avoidable epidemic of alcohol abuse, depression and suicide. Austerity is having a devastating effect", Stuckler said.

Source: Medindia