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On the other hand, NIMH says 31.1% of U.S. adults have anxiety https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/any-anxiety-disorder https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/s
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On the other hand, NIMH says 31.1% of U.S. adults have anxiety https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/any-anxiety-disorder https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/any-anxiety-disor...
- JohnFen 2y agoThat data looks to be about 20 years older than the data in the report I linked to. That's a large time differential. Directly comparing them may be misleading.
- pcthrowaway 2y agoI suspect there's a lot of confusion that happens with anxiety[1] being an emotion, and anxiety disorders[2] being clinically diagnosable mental health conditions. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety_disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety_disorder