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Study Reveals That 50% of the World’s Population Will Have a Mental Health Disorder by Age 75 (scitechdaily.com)
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Researchers from The University of Queensland and Harvard Medical School, in a collaborative global study, have discovered that one in two people will develop a mental health disorder in their lifetime. Professors John McGrath of UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute and Ronald Kessler of Harvard Medic

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That is a huge number. Very concerning.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

100% of people get physical health disorders. I would guess that we are just getting better at recognizing and diagnosing mental health disorders (finally) rather than there being an increase.