The Meaning of Mental Illness

Published November 21, 2013

The meaning of mental illness
These include "diagnostic inflation," the incredible growth in the incidence rates of certain disorders, including Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Bipolar II and autism. Related to this is the explosion in use of psychiatric drugs for …
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Psych Disorders in Teens Often Neglected
Analysis of results from the in-person adolescent supplement to the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS-A), conducted in 2001-2004 and involving some 6,500 teenagers 13- to 17-years-old, indicated that 45% of those meeting DSM-IV criteria for a recognized …
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The 340b Drug Discount Program: Oncology's Optical Illusion
[2] To qualify under this category, a hospital must meet specific disproportionate-share criteria and either be owned or operated by a state or local government or be a private nonprofit hospital with certain arrangements with the state or local …
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