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'Political Stress Syndrome' Hits Thailand

From AFP:

BANGKOK (AFP) - It's not just the embattled premier who is sweating out Thailand's national crisis -- health authorities say millions of people are suffering from "political stress syndrome".

Thailand's Mental Health Department said that up to one-third of the population of 63 million was afflicted with the condition, and that it had opened a telephone hotline for sufferers to call for help.

"We are constantly receiving calls at our hotline number from people complaining about sleep disorders, headaches and depression," the department's deputy director general Wachira Pengchan told AFP.

Many in the US have been suffering this since 2000.

posted by nattietodd @ 4:20 AM