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According to the passage, mental fitness -- -- .

According to the World Health Organization
(WHO), around one in four people suffers from
mental health problems at some stage in their
lives, with depression being the single most
common form. In Britain, suicide now accounts
for around 20 per cent of all deaths among
young people, with attempted suicide having
increased by 50 per cent since 1990. Yet
despite such stark statistics, the issue of
mental fitness remains way off the agenda.
Instead, people are relying on medication more
than ever before which is like taking painkillers
hoping they will turn you into a long-distance
runner. How much better it would be if there
were some way of training ourselves to
become mentally as well as physically fit. Now,
it seems, there is. It is a technique that has
been around for a long time, but only very
recently has hard scientific evidence emerged
to back claims for its effectiveness. It does not
involve any special equipment or special diets,
and best of all it is free. It is called meditation.