Study Reveals That 50% of the World’s Population Will Have a Mental Health Disorder by Age 75

https://scitechdaily.com/study-reveals-that-50-of-the-worlds-population-will-have-a-mental-health-disorder-by-age-75/

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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Drusas@kbin.social · 14 pts · 2y

Me: Finally ahead of the game

AdmiralShat@programming.dev · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Is this an increase in mental health disorders being developed or are we just getting better at defining and diagnosing these disorders?

1chemistdown@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yes

AdmiralShat@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y

Agreed

z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y

Its more like and rather than or. False dichotomy.

xc2215x@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That is a huge number. Very concerning.

RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y

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.

btaf45@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

So that explains how Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump got elected.

1chemistdown@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y

Nope. Old people are the ones who vote in large enough population to elect people. The people who elected Trump suffer from lead poisoning thanks to being alive for the longest leaded gas period.