Sentences with phrase «high societal costs»

Several features of severe health anxiety, here defined as Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM - IV) hypochondriasis, lead to high societal costs of illness.

Adolescent mental disorders occur very frequently and lead to enormously high societal costs.

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Wealthier areas of sub-Saharan Africa seeing more societal changes had the highest rates of diabetes in 2015, with almost two - thirds of the region's diabetes costs coming from southern Africa (62 %, $ 12.1 billion), in particular, wealthier South Africa.

The economic burden of NAFLD would be even higher when including societal costs and indirect costs.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, the higher percentage of dropouts from large schools are associated with serious, additional societal costs such as crime and lifetime earnings.

Dropouts are an extreme indicator of the lack of academic success and lead to high personal and societal costs.

If observations eliminate the possibility that climate sensitivity is 4 or greater, the low probability / high damage scenarios that inflate the societal cost of carbon emissions disappear.

Extreme precipitation and associated flooding has a high societal and economic cost.

It is equally imperative that we do not destroy the environment we are trying to save by rushing to develop low - emissions energy sources that will result in serious environmental harm, as well as high economic and societal costs.

Recurrent delinquency is associated with high rates of multiple service utilisation and substantial societal cost.

Societal concern about antisocial behaviours of children and adolescents has increased over the years, in part due to the enormous financial costs of youth crime.1 Conduct problems (especially among boys) are the most frequent childhood behavioural problems to be referred to mental health professionals.2 Aggressive and disruptive behaviour is one of the most enduring dysfunctions in children and, if left untreated, frequently results in high personal and emotional costs to children, their families and to society in general.

Early interventions to promote the health and well - being of children have been shown to help mitigate the negative consequences of child maltreatment and have long - term positive effects on the health of maltreated children.5 Services are required that provide support to families as soon as they need it, and provide early permanency decisions.6 Interventions that exhibit these characteristics are most likely to improve children's mental health and well - being and reduce health and societal costs over the long term through increased likelihood that children will have higher educational achievements, successful lives and be less likely to be dependent on the state.