mental disorder

While professionals worldwide believed that that the human brain development stopped in the adolescent years, the findings of a new study reveal that they might continue well into our 20s.

According to the findings, presented in the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Helicobacter pylori or H. pylori – the bacteria responsible for ulcers – may play an important part in the development of Parkinson’s disease.

Traci L. Testerman, Ph.D. and a research assistant professor at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, who also presented the study said, "Infection of late middle-aged mice with a particular strain of the bacteria Helicobacter pylori results in development of Parkinson's disease symptoms after 3-5 months."

According to the report, almost 11 million or 4.8 percent of these adults aged 18 years and above suffered from serious mental illness.

Major depressive episodes were witnessed in 2 million young youths aged between 12 to 17 years, of which 35.7 percent were addicted to drugs.

Women were at a higher risk of developing mental disorders as compared to men, 23.8 percent versus 15.6 percent.

One million attempted committed suicide