Comments on: Mental illness: Surprising, disturbing findings http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/06/08/mental-illness-surprising-disturbing-findings/ Dr. John Grohol's daily update on all things in psychology and mental health. Since 1999. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Larry Welkowitz http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/06/08/mental-illness-surprising-disturbing-findings/comment-page-1/#comment-6648 Larry Welkowitz Thu, 09 Jun 2005 04:34:51 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/06/08/mental-illness-surprising-disturbing-findings/#comment-6648 Hmmm...the prevalence and incidence data do show some important things: Real people don't have just one problem (e.g., panic disorder or social phobia or depression), but instead have multiple problems (e.g., panic and social phobia and depression). Treatment studies mislead us in to thinking that there is no co-morbidity (co-occuring conditions). The implications are big, so don't completely diss epidemiology. And keep up the good work...love your blog. Hmmm…the prevalence and incidence data do show some important things: Real people don’t have just one problem (e.g., panic disorder or social phobia or depression), but instead have multiple problems (e.g., panic and social phobia and depression). Treatment studies mislead us in to thinking that there is no co-morbidity (co-occuring conditions). The implications are big, so don’t completely diss epidemiology.

And keep up the good work…love your blog.

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