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Sick America

Friday 14 January 1994 00:02 GMT
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Almost a third of Americans are mentally ill in any given year, according to the most far-reaching report on US mental health in 10 years, AFP reports from Chicago. The survey found that almost half of Americans have suffered some sort of mental illness. Researchers conducted interviews with 8,098 people, looking for 14 of the most common illnesses, including depression, alcoholism and fear of mixing with other people.

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