US leads in mental illness  

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2005-06-08 02:35:39

   WASHINGTON, June 7 (Xinhuanet) -- The United States
leads in mental illness globally with 46 percent of
Americans suffering mental disorders ranging from
anxiety, depression to substance abuse in their lifetime,
The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

   Within the past year, about 25 percent of all
Americans met the criteria for having a mental illness,
and fully 25 percent of those had a "serious" disorder
that significantly disrupted their ability to function
day to day, according to a one-year-and-a-half survey of
the country's mental health, conducted by the University
of Michigan.

   Simultaneous occurrence of two or more illnesses was
reported in nearly half of the mental disorder sufferers.

   The survey is by far the largest and most detailed of
its kind in the United States, during which nearly 300
trained interviewers visited 9,282 households selected at
random in 34 states.

   It focused on four major categories of mental
illness. They are anxiety disorders, such as panic and
post-traumatic stress disorders; mood disorders, such as
major depression and bipolar disease; impulse control
disorders, such as hyperactivity; and alcohol or drug
abuse.

   Those Americans with mental disorders will mostly
seek treatment after delays of years or often more than a
decade, if ever, the survey found, adding that it is much
so among younger sufferers.

   Half of those who will ever be diagnosed with a
mental disorder show signs of the disease by the age of
14, and three-quarters by 24.

   One third of people in need of treatment rely solely
on nonprofessional sources such as Internet support
groups and spiritual advisers despite the availability of
effective treatments for many mental illnesses, said the
newspaper.

   The survey, published in the June issue of the
Archives of General Psychiatry, attributed the low
treatment rate to factors including inattention to early
warning signs, inadequate health insurance and the
lingering stigma that surrounds mental illness. Enditem

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