Posted by: sonya lazarevic md | December 3, 2008

is mental illness that prevalent in our youth and young adults?

1 in 5 young adults with personality disorders in the US?Is that possible?

Whats interesting is the study “used trained interviewers, but not psychiatrists, questioned participants about symptoms. They used an assessment tool similar to criteria doctors use to diagnose mental illness”.

It also concludes “Almost half of college-aged individuals had a psychiatric disorder in the past year”.

read it here at the archives of general psychiatry


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