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Originally posted by Easytiger I would say that they're including conditions like depression, ADHD, epilepsy and so on under the blanket term of "mental illness". The numbers on this kind of article are always surprising when you hear them for the first time, but the general global statistic is that one in five people suffer from some form of mental illness.
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I'm not sure on the exact stats, but completely agree with you that "mental illness" includes many illnesses including [from DSM-IV], but not limited to, 296.2x Major Depressive Disorder (depression), 314.xx ADHD, 295.xx Schizophrenia, 305.00 Alcohol Abuse, et. al. Even disorders like Amnesia (300.12) are considered mental disorders.