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How Common Are Psychiatric Disorders?
These large studies have provided important insights into the nature of psychiatric disorders in the United States…the data from the NCS and NCS-R obtained from 1990 to 1992 and 2001 to 2003, respectively, indicate that the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the adult US population (ages 18-54 years) is estimated to be about 30% (i.e., about one in three persons has a diagnosable psychiatric disorder during those periods). Based on other data, the prevalence may approach 50% when considered from a lifetime perspective (i.e., one-half of the US population is likely to have a psychiatric disorder at some point in their lives). Those are staggering figures and are a strong indicator that almost every person in the United States has some contact, knowingly or not, with persons with mental illness. Read more…
College Drinking: Top Five Risk Factors
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, students put themselves at a higher risk for alcohol abuse by the choices they make when selecting a college. Here are the top five college drinking risk factors: Read more…
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