Nearly 1 in 5 Americans had mental illness in 2009
http://www.cnbc.com/id/40257359
CHICAGO - More than 45 million Americans, or 20 percent of U.S. adults, had some form of mental illness last year, and 11 million had a serious illness, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday.
Young adults aged 18 to 25 had the highest level of mental illness at 30 percent, while those aged 50 and older had the lowest, with 13.7 percent, said the report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or SAMHSA.
The rate, slightly higher than last year's 19.5 percent figure, reflected increasing depression, especially among the unemployed, SAMHSA, part of the National Institutes of Health, said.
I am willing to wager that rate went up significantly after Obama gave the House of Representatives to the GOP.
Being an Obama supporter causes depression? Yeah, I can see that.
Denial is the first indication of a problem.
Answer by Romac
Liberal indoctrination of our young is destroying the nation.
Answer by Whig Party
Two reasons really. One, younger people are more likely to get these things checked out and two everything is considered a mental disorder anymore.
Answer by GB
a difference of opinion is a mental disorder? are you insane?
Answer by Hugh Jorgan
Part of the reason is that welfare moms get paid a monthly check (extra) for mentally ill children.
Answer by Obama Vomit
Yes, it's because the schools are all leftist and it drives the kids crazy.
Orignal From: Mental Health: Why do 30% of young adults aged 18 to 25 have the highest level of mental illness?
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