Physical Causes of Mental Illness

Reader Contribution by Jaime A. Heidel
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According to the National Institute of Mental Health, mental illness affects 26.2 percent of the United States adult population. Children with mental illness cover 20 percent of the population while teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 have a lifetime prevalence of mental illness that stands at a staggering 46.3 percent!

Research has shown that mental illness disability rates have increased six-fold since the mid-1950s. In 1987, Prozac and other psychiatric drugs hit the market and have been soaring in use and profit for nearly 30 years.

The cause of the sudden rise in mental illness has been attributed to everything from more accurate diagnosis to the rise in crime rate.

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