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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 1200755" data-attributes="member: 44954">What kinds of mental issues?&nbsp;&nbsp; That would be a pretty damn big list.&nbsp; I&#039;m getting different numbers from different sites, but that system you speak of could potentially be &quot;tracking&quot; one in four people.&nbsp; Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An&nbsp; estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in&nbsp; four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.<a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-numbers-count-mental-disorders-in-America/index.shtml#KesslerPrevalence" target="_blank">[SUP]1[/SUP]</a>&nbsp; When applied to the 2004 U.S. Census residential population estimate&nbsp; for ages 18 and older, this figure translates to 57.7 million people.<a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-numbers-count-mental-disorders-in-America/index.shtml#CensusBureauTable2" target="_blank">[SUP]2[/SUP]</a> <a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-numbers-count-mental-disorders-in-America/index.shtml" target="_blank">National Institute of Mental Health</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 1200755, member: 44954"] What kinds of mental issues? That would be a pretty damn big list. I'm getting different numbers from different sites, but that system you speak of could potentially be "tracking" one in four people. [SIZE=2]Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated [B]26.2 percent[/B] of Americans ages 18 and older — about [B]one in four adults[/B] — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.[URL="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-numbers-count-mental-disorders-in-America/index.shtml#KesslerPrevalence"][SUP]1[/SUP][/URL] When applied to the 2004 U.S. Census residential population estimate for ages 18 and older, this figure translates to [B]57.7 million people[/B].[URL="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-numbers-count-mental-disorders-in-America/index.shtml#CensusBureauTable2"][SUP]2[/SUP][/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [URL="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-numbers-count-mental-disorders-in-America/index.shtml"]National Institute of Mental Health[/URL][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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