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Mental Health Support

HereSince1628

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8. I seem to remember 25-35 percent as one expert's guess for prevalence of MI

Reply to Denninmi (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 08:31 PM

Dec 2012

Considering that only a fraction get to treatment for one reason or another, that
leaves many millions of people wandering around faking being mentally well.

It's really probably not me, but I have encountered most of them as co-workers and people sharing the highways I drive on. The epidemic must surely be centered on SE Wisconsin!

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Very interesting topic libodem Dec 2012 #1

I think it's important to have some notion of research on this topic HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #2

So true libodem Dec 2012 #4

You know what, I honestly think "mentally well" people are few and far between. Denninmi Dec 2012 #5

I seem to remember 25-35 percent as one expert's guess for prevalence of MI HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #8

We seem to have a bumper crop in Detroit, too. Denninmi Dec 2012 #9

Good post Separation Dec 2012 #3

I hear you libodem Dec 2012 #6

Hey, at 47, I'm still that kind of kid. Denninmi Dec 2012 #7