Mental Disorders May be More Common Than Previously Believed

An international study suggests that the prevalence of anxiety, depression and substance dependency may be twice as high as the mental health community has been led to believe. Duke University psychologists Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi and their collaborators from the UK and New Zealand say that it depends upon how one goes about measuring. The researchers tracked more than 1,000 New Zealanders from birth to age 32, and came to the conclusion that people vastly ...