Ever since the killings at Virginia Tech last year, there has been widespread speculation about the relative incidence of mental health disorders among college students. A new study in The Archives of General Psychiatry finds that such disorders are common, and that far fewer students receive treatment than one might like. But the study â?? believed to be the largest national comparison of the mental health of college students and comparably aged non-students â?? finds that non-students are as likely to have mental health disorders and as unlikely to seek treatment as their peers in college.
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