Mental Health PSA & Statistics

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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topic...cs/index.shtml

An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.

Nearly half (45 percent) of those with any mental disorder meet criteria for 2 or more disorders, with severity strongly related to comorbidity

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news...urvivors.shtml

Mental Disorders Persist Among Hurricane Katrina Survivors

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topic...sd/index.shtml

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_...habetical_list)

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/types...disorders.html

http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness

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Thanks, Dynamo. Many here might refuse to recognise or even consider your plea but it is here for them to digest. Don't make their problems your own. Know what I mean?