Mental illness major cause of depression and mortality

A mental health report by the World Health Organisation in June this year ranking Kenyans as the sixth most depressed people in Africa must have missed out something in the survey! Going by recent incidences, I believe we rank high up on the list of most depressed folks globally. Though we are loath to admit it, we are all stressed out. And it does not matter the social or economic class anymore.

Each category of people is suffering from its own type of malaise, arising from its peculiar litany of woes. It is this acute social, economic and political quagmire that is driving the youth, and society as a whole, to the abyss. From emotionally charged homes to deceitful clergy, and the politics of deception, hate, and division, there is nowhere left to seek solace. With people being broke, even alcohol is no longer a viable option. We have become a dysfunctional society.