Mental health remains the poor relation  GPs are having to deal
with the rise in mental illness, and a more integrated approach
to physical and mental health is vital, say Martin Lindsay and
Marc Lester GPs' surgeries see patients with mental health
problems on a daily basis GPs' surgeries see patients with
mental health problems on a daily basis. Photograph: Frank Baron
for the Guardian  The gulf between physical and mental health is
huge, with just £11bn of the National Health Service's annual
budget spent on the latter.  It's the classic iceberg syndrome,
and what is starting to emerge from beneath the waterline of
public awareness is just how many people are affected by mental
illness at some time in their lives.  The rise in mental illness
and its impact on society has long been predicted by bodies as
diverse as the World Bank, British Medical Journal and Royal
College of Psychiatrists. One in four of us will be affected by
mental illness during our lives. Dementia will beset more than
one million people