Οι μισοι εχουν ψυχολογικη ασθενεια!!!!!
Quote:
Half Are Mentally Ill
It has been a decade since scientists last
fanned out across the country to assess
the rates of mental illness. The latest census,
just completed, indicates that a
whopping 46 percent of Americans will
suffer from a mental disorder during
their lifetime. Tens of thousands
of people answered
questions about their
deepest thoughts and
behaviors for the study,
the most extensive
ever conducted.
In any given year,
18 percent of respondents
suffered from a
serious anxiety disorder,
10 percent from depression
or bipolar illness, 9 percent
from an impulse disorder,
and 4 percent from alcohol or drug
addiction. “This is depressing,” says Harvard
University epidemiologist Ronald C.
Kessler, who directed the huge study,
which was published as a series of papers
in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
The fi ndings also speak volumes about
treatment. Only 40 percent of those who
researchers deemed would have qualifi ed
as mentally ill said they had received
some kind of treatment, and often that
was from someone other than a mental
health provider. “We have to fi gure out
how to improve the quality of the care
these patients receive,” Kessler says.
The prevalence of problems is much
greater than that reported 20 years ago,
when the fi rst survey of this scope was carried
out. Those results prompted an overhaul
of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
(DSM), a massive tome of criteria
that psychiatrists use to determine
whether an individual’s
symptoms qualify as a clinical
illness. The updated
fourth edition, known as
DSM-IV, has been the bible
since, but it may
need to be revised again
in light of the new data.
In total, more than
15,000 Americans have
participated in the two National
Comorbidity Survey
Replication studies, which Kessler
also led in 1994. Perhaps the
only good news is that most clinical cases
are mild and that only a small proportion
are severe. But most people said that the
fi rst signs of their illness appeared before
age 18, arguing for more extensive treatment
of young people. Kessler’s small research
army is now analyzing an additional
10,000 adolescents and performing
separate studies of African-Americans,
Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans
to look for more specifi c trends.
—Jamie Talan
Περιληπτικα στα Ελληνικα:
Συμφωνα με την ερευνα το 46% των Αμερικανων θα υποφερει απο μια ψυχολογικη διαταραχη κατα την διαρκεια της ζωης του.
Το 18% υποφερει απο μια σοβαρη αγχωτικη διαταραχη , 10% απο καταθλιψη ή διπολικη διαταραχη ,
9% απο παρορμητικη διαταραχη (οτι ειναι αυτο τελος παντων) , και 4% απο εθισμο σε αλκοολ και
ναρκωτικα.
Απο αυτους μονο το 40% (του 46%) εχουν λαβει καποια φροντιδα και πολλοι απο αυτους απο καποιον που δεν ηταν ιατρος.
Συνεχιζεται γιατι κατι ετυχε...real life
