They Added John Kerry Voters

ghostrider · Aug 14, 2005

Are Half of All Americans Mentally Ill?
Saturday, August 13, 2005

•Mental Health Treatment Becoming More Common•1 in 4 U.S. Adults Suffer Mental Illness, Substance Abuse•Sprituality May Improve Mental Health•No Drop in Suicidal Tendencies in U.S.
LOS ANGELES — A new study by Harvard University and the National Institute of Mental Health (search) claims that 46 percent of all Americans will, at some point in their lives, develop a mental disorder.

But this new statistic has experts arguing over exactly what constitutes a true mental illness.

According to experts, severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia, dementia and manic depression are relatively uncommon. But the updated Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (search), or DSM — the standard survey for mental illness — lists conditions like adjustment disorder, passive-aggressive disorder and female sexual arousal disorder as mental illness, reflecting what are claimed to be advances in the mental health profession.

Critics say that's crazy, and that it won't be long before all human quirks and flaws are classified as mental disorders.

"When you say we're going to provide mental health treatment to everyone, then the severely mentally ill usually get the lowest priority," said Dr. Richard Lamb (search), professor of Psychiatry at the University of Southern California.

Others say the DSM should be considered the mental health bible, because if it says that a person is mentally ill, then that person can get the treatment they need — and insurance companies will foot the bill.

"We would never suggest to somebody with one type of cancer that because their type of cancer is not necessarily as fatal as somebody else's that they should withhold treatment so someone else can get it," said Cynthia Focarelli of the National Mental Health Association (search).

The next edition of the DSM will not come out until 2010. The American Psychiatric Association (search) is considering making changes to refine the subclasses of various mental illnesses
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They added John Kerry voters to get the number up so high.

Either that, or ( 46% of 35 is 16) 16 of YA"LL have bats in the belfry.
Elevator does not go to the top.

melbo · Aug 15, 2005

wow!

E.L. · Aug 15, 2005

Yes, we are crazy and armed.

Clyde · Aug 15, 2005

Need I say more

monkeyman · Aug 15, 2005

Yeah but I think if they put the other Clinton up for Pres. in '08 woteing for her should be considered an act of treason.

ghrit · Aug 15, 2005

Scarey. If the Clintonistas get hold of it, they will want mental health testing on the CCW apps. That will cut back on legal ownership, if 1/4 of us are on the list.

E.L. · Aug 15, 2005

So, there are 17,500,000 U.S. adults that suffer from mental illness and are armed?*

No wonder we are never invaded....................

*(That if the 70 million gun owners in the U.S. fact is a fact)