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Study Reveals That 50% of the World’s Population Will Have a Mental Health Disorder by Age 75 (scitechdaily.com)

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Researchers from The University of Queensland and Harvard Medical School, in a collaborative global study, have discovered that one in two people will develop a mental health disorder in their lifetime. Professors John McGrath of UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute and Ronald Kessler of Harvard Medic

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Me: Finally ahead of the game

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is this an increase in mental health disorders being developed or are we just getting better at defining and diagnosing these disorders?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Agreed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Its more like and rather than or. False dichotomy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That is a huge number. Very concerning.

[–] RoquetteQueen 11 points 11 months ago

100% of people get physical health disorders. I would guess that we are just getting better at recognizing and diagnosing mental health disorders (finally) rather than there being an increase.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

So that explains how Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump got elected.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Nope. Old people are the ones who vote in large enough population to elect people. The people who elected Trump suffer from lead poisoning thanks to being alive for the longest leaded gas period.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

😢