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Title: Fox News: 46% Americans Have Mental Illness
Post by: asian1 on August 11, 2005, 11:20:28 PM

From Fox News:

Based on DSM-IV book definition, 46% of people in the States will suffer from Mental Illnes at one time in their life.

Is this true or an attempt to sell more drugs/Prozac?

Title: Re: Fox News: 46% Americans Have Mental Illness
Post by: cecilia on August 12, 2005, 12:07:04 AM

no, that's 46% of the people that watch FOX will get Mental from it.

Title: Re: Fox News: 46% Americans Have Mental Illness
Post by: blobrana on August 12, 2005, 01:30:47 AM

Hum,
54% have already watched it...

And the other 30% can`t count...

Title: Re: Fox News: 46% Americans Have Mental Illness
Post by: Cyberus on August 12, 2005, 09:50:45 AM

@ blobrana

That avatar is a little risque!

:lol:



That statistic could probably be applied in other parts of the Western world too. If you consider the prevalence pf depression and mental diseases associated with old age...

Title: Re: Fox News: 46% Americans Have Mental Illness
Post by: bloodline on August 12, 2005, 10:15:55 AM

Is anyone truely sane?

Title: Re: Fox News: 46% Americans Have Mental Illness
Post by: Cyberus on August 12, 2005, 10:32:22 AM

Is anyone truly anything?

The thing is, you have to draw the line somewhere and come up with some kind of way of quantifying things, and in doing so it will always be flawed.

How to define intelligence for example....

Title: Re: Fox News: 46% Americans Have Mental Illness
Post by: NoFastMem on August 13, 2005, 05:29:35 PM

Quote

Cyberus wrote:
How to define intelligence for example....

-1 x (DoomMaster)

Title: Re: Fox News: 46% Americans Have Mental Illness
Post by: Methuselas on August 14, 2005, 10:50:28 PM

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asian1 wrote:
From Fox News:

Based on DSM-IV book definition, 46% of people in the States will suffer from Mental Illnes at one time in their life.

Is this true or an attempt to sell more drugs/Prozac?

More like an attempt to remind my American brothers that G Dubya *CAN'T* have a third term. *laughs* They put him in office twice and some are so brainwashed they would write him in again, so I'm sure there are *DEFINATE* signs of Mental Illness here stateside.