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“[N]early half of American households have someone who has sought out mental health care”

By Filings on Fri, 05/18/18
Society & Culture
Counseling
Mental Illness
American Culture

“To learn more about the specific types of counseling Americans are seeking out, MidAmerica Nazarene University recently performed a study where they looked at and analyzed Google search data—and the results are surprising.” CToday

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Bert Perry

NewInteresting methodology

Fri, 05/18/18

Given my innate curiosity about all kinds of things, I kinda shudder to think what a study that included my Google search history would say about me with this methodology. A better way of estimating the prevalence of mental health services is to actually count the # of prescriptions issued for mental health drugs. The gist of the article is correct—that a huge portion of people have loved ones who are getting care for mental health issues—but the methodology is iffy, IMO.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

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