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24% of Japanese are mentally ill, the rest are just batshit crazy

Postby Taro Toporific » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:15 am

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24% suffer some form of mental ills
Kyodo News--Japan Times, Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Twenty-four percent of Japanese have suffered mental illnesses such as depression, alcohol abuse or addiction, but only 30 percent of them consulted a doctor...more...
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Postby Greji » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:51 am

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She was the reason I turned to goats....
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Postby succubusqueen » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:15 am

gosh..this thread reminds me of my neighbor..the schizo that used to yell at his imaginary friend....then again..anyone studying in Tsukuba did that!:confused:
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Postby ttjereth » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:20 am

succubusqueen wrote:gosh..this thread reminds me of my neighbor..the schizo that used to yell at his imaginary friend....then again..anyone studying in Tsukuba did that!:confused:


When we were first looking for land for our house we were considering tsukuba (and other spots along the express line), reading your posts makes me glad we decided against it. :D

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Postby succubusqueen » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:23 am

ttjereth wrote:When we were first looking for land for our house we were considering tsukuba (and other spots along the express line), reading your posts makes me glad we decided against it. :D

well yeah ..that guy still works at the daigaku...and then we had the crazy transvestite..that used to chase girls..
Besides..as you may or may ot know...it was known as a suicide city a few years ago...

Only therapy..was drinking!!!;)
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Postby Western All Stars » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:24 am

The percentage of Japanese mental illness patients was one-third that in the United States, half that in France and the Netherlands, and the same number as in Germany and France.


So 24% of Japanese are mentally ill, and that's one-third of the amount in the US, so that means 72% of Americans are mentally ill. Yes, sounds about right.
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Postby Typhoon » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:53 am

Taro Toporific wrote:[floatl]Image[/floatl]

24% suffer some form of mental ills
Kyodo News--Japan Times, Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Twenty-four percent of Japanese have suffered mental illnesses such as depression, alcohol abuse or addiction, but only 30 percent of them consulted a doctor...more...


The rest are f*cking Goofy. ;)
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Postby Taro Toporific » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:26 pm

Western All Stars wrote:
The percentage of Japanese mental illness patients was one-third that in the United States, half that in France and the Netherlands, and the same number as in Germany and France.
So 24% of Japanese are mentally ill, and that's one-third of the amount in the US, so that means 72% of Americans are mentally ill. Yes, sounds about right.
Untreated crazies---few people are patients in Japan---it's the way the go!:bounce:
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Postby ttjereth » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:39 pm

[quote="succubusqueen"]well yeah ..that guy still works at the daigaku...and then we had the crazy transvestite..that used to chase girls..
Besides..as you may or may ot know...it was known as a suicide city a few years ago...

Only therapy..was drinking!!!]

Oh, he's staff. University staff are always loopy ;) I didn't know about the suicide thing. Keep telling me bad stuff that will make moving to Chiba look good in comparison :p

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Postby GomiGirl » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:30 pm

[quote="Typhoon"]The rest are f*cking Goofy. ]

So we have moved from fucking Goats to fucking Disney characters!! :p
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Postby Ketou » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:40 pm

succubusqueen wrote:gosh..this thread reminds me of my neighbor..the schizo that used to yell at his imaginary friend....then again..anyone studying in Tsukuba did that!:confused:


The amount of people I see walking down the street talking to or arguing with with themselves is amazing. Of course now I'm forced to do it too...gotta blend in.
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Postby ttjereth » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:43 pm

GomiGirl wrote:So we have moved from fucking Goats to fucking Disney characters!! :p

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Postby gomichild » Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:53 pm

24% is waaaaaay too below the real figure.
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Postby Jack » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:31 pm

Western All Stars wrote:So 24% of Japanese are mentally ill, and that's one-third of the amount in the US, so that means 72% of Americans are mentally ill. Yes, sounds about right.


I think the 72% figure applies to members on this forum.
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Postby Greji » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:37 pm

Jack wrote:I think the 72% figure applies to members on this forum.


73%! You weren't on-line when we were doing the math.
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Postby xenomorph42 » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:36 pm

Jack wrote:I think the 72% figure applies to members on this forum.


Darn, I calculated 85%..maybe a generous guess methinks!
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Postby Bucky » Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:27 am

Taro Toporific wrote:
24% suffer some form of mental ills
Kyodo News--Japan Times, Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Twenty-four percent of Japanese have suffered mental illnesses such as depression, alcohol abuse or addiction, but only 30 percent of them consulted a doctor...more...


Oh, oh, I guess the U.S. wins by 4%

More than 45 million Americans, or 20 percent of U.S. adults, had some form of mental illness last year, and 11 million had a serious illness, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday.Young adults aged 18 to 25 had the highest level of mental illness at 30 percent, while those aged 50 and older had the lowest, with 13.7 percent, said the report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or SAMHSA.
The rate, slightly higher than last year's 19.5 percent figure, reflected increasing depression, especially among the unemployed, SAMHSA, part of the National Institutes of Health, said.
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Postby Ketou » Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:30 pm

Or the pill pushers are winning as they label every little thing mental illness.
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Postby Yokohammer » Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:53 pm

Ketou has a good point. It does seem that a lot more "states of mind" are being labeled as mental illnesses these days. Depression, AADA, and other "mental illnesses" are just character traits in their milder form. I get the feeling that the threshold for defining something as an illness has shifted in favor of the people who sell treatment and drugs.
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Postby omae mona » Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:01 pm

Yokohammer wrote:Ketou has a good point. It does seem that a lot more "states of mind" are being labeled as mental illnesses these days. Depression, AADA, and other "mental illnesses" are just character traits in their milder form. I get the feeling that the threshold for defining something as an illness has shifted in favor of the people who sell treatment and drugs.


And in favor of patients or families of patients who are want their insurance companies paying for treatment.
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