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"Mr President, the European Commission has published a report revealing the extent of mental health problems, which affect 27% of EU citizens. The associated loss of productivity, together with increased health care costs, amount to around 4% of GDP.
From a medical point of view, eradicating a disease involves both effective treatment and tackling the causes of the disease. In the case of neuroses and depression, the causes include both the stress induced by a relentless quest for money and the destructive liberalism currently practiced, which promotes a market that is free only in the case of monopolies and that deprives millions of people of jobs, a livelihood and an education. The main reason why people suffer from affective disorders, however, is because they lead a life without principles and without God. Such a life precludes personal growth, and makes life hell for the 60 000 people who commit suicide each year and for the countless masses of addicts dying by degrees.
This is why it is pointless to pour billions of euro into preventive programmes unless the aim of such programmes is to safeguard genuine human dignity, the right to security in social and medical terms and growth within a healthy and loving family that lives by moral principles."@en1
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