Skyrocketing Mental Health Disability claims in Switzerland

As seen in this report from Switzerland

The number of people claiming disability benefit for mental health problems has tripled in Switzerland over the past ten years, with over 70,000 claimants in 2002. There are fears that the explosion in disability handouts could cripple the state’s invalidity insurance fund.

Until recently, the main causes of disability were physical illness, accidents or congenital disabilities. But there has recently been a sharp rise in mental health problems, such as depression, neuroses, insomnia and panic attacks. “A third of those who qualify for disability benefit are claiming for mental health reasons,” says Brigitte Breitenmoser, deputy director of the Federal Social Insurance Office.

So the question is, where is this rise in claims coming from, given the earlier articles published in this weblog.