Life in Poland bad for mental health - CBOS
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Seventy percent of Poles in a CBOS survey admitted that life in Poland was bad for mental health and raised the risk of mental ailments. Twenty-one percent disagreed, 9 percent could not say.
Asked about the biggest threats to mental stability, 65 percent named unemployment, 48 percent alcohol and drug abuse, 46 percent family problems, 30 percent poverty, 22 percent bad human relations, 19 percent insecurity, 16 percent the excessively fast pace of life. Also mentioned were living conditions, competition, insufficient healthcare, crime, corruption, excessive moral freedom, noise and environment pollution.
Eighty-six percent admitted to occasional irritation, 71 percent to tiredness and discouragement, 68 percent to helplessness, 58 percent to feelings of avid anger, 52 percent to depression, 6 percent to suicidal moods.
CBOS ran the survey on September 5-16 on a random group of 985 adult Poles in connection with World Mental Health Day (October 10).
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