<\/a>\u2018Generations of women are in crisis\u2019 was the conclusion of a recent survey that found two-thirds of women suffer from mild to moderate mental health problems.
\n\u2018Millions of women are facing mental health problems and they are telling us that they are not getting the support they need\u2019 says Penny Newman, chief executive of Platform 51, a welfare charity.
\nLow-self esteem, poor confidence levels and increased\u00a0stress are now considered \u2018common mental health disorders\u2019, according to researchers – with girls as young as 12 suffering from depression.
\n\u2018Depressive symptoms can persist and need treatment but some women will feel that they have to keep on coping because they have all these people depending on them\u2019 claims Louise Howard, head of women\u2019s mental health at Kings College London.
\nThe study also claims that we may not be dealing with our issues in the most constructive way, with 25 per cent of us regularly ‘self-medicating’ by drinking alcohol in excess.
\n\u2018Many women appear to be functioning normally or coping adequately with particularly difficult situations when in fact they are struggling to cope,\u2019 says Newman.\u00a0 \u2018But we identified many risky behaviours that women engaged in as a result of mental health problems, including promiscuity, drug-taking and crime\u2019.
\nDepression is on track to becoming the world\u2019s second biggest health problem after heart disease by 2020, according to the World Heath Organisation.<\/p>\n

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