Posted on 07/29/2010 3:24:11 PM PDT by dr_who
Almost 5 million California adults say they could use help with a mental or emotional problem, according to a survey released Wednesday by researchers at UCLA. About 1 million of them meet the criteria for "serious psychological distress."
However, only one in three people who perceive a need for mental health services or are in serious distress have seen a professional for treatment, the survey found.
The survey was conducted among more than 44,000 adults as part of the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, administered through the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Since the survey was conducted, the recession probably has contributed to worsening mental health for even more people, said the lead author of the study, David Grant.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
A few more things: no state income tax(yippee!), Castle Doctrine (Meaning you can shoot to protect life and/or property), mild wnters ... and lastly ... Avoid HOA’s like the curse from Satan they are!
does he have any pants on? I suspect he does more than self medicate if not.
That is very disturbing.
Here’s a dirty little secret to use in your favor:keep making regular, monthly payments of what you can afford and eventually most providers will give you a set amount to consider the debt paid in full. For-profit ones...eh...not so much.
The US has reached that stage where our enemies would be stupid to attack us. Not because we would kick their *sses, but because we will fall on our own—all they have to do is wait for it to happen.
Without something big enough to re-align our fat, dumb and happy population with reality, we’re doomed.
Eww. Good one.
I rather like considering the disease vector to be Progressivism, because that so nicely captures both the supercilious attitude and the utterly dirt-based philosophy along with a soupcon of ‘keep in step and don’t stop marching!’
There, fixed it.
Thanks. Helpful info.
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