One in five Californians say they need mental health care (actual headline)

Lost Angeles Times ^ | July 28, 2010 | 10:40 a.m

[dr_who]

Almost 5 million California adults say they could use help with a mental or emotional problem, according to a survey released Wednesday by researchers at UCLA. About 1 million of them meet the criteria for "serious psychological distress."

However, only one in three people who perceive a need for mental health services or are in serious distress have seen a professional for treatment, the survey found.

The survey was conducted among more than 44,000 adults as part of the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, administered through the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Since the survey was conducted, the recession probably has contributed to worsening mental health for even more people, said the lead author of the study, David Grant.

[dr_who]

Given state's fiscal situation, I'd say the problem's bound to be larger than just 1/5th of Californian voters.

[BelegStrongbow]

Gosh, who knew? [rolls eyes]

[cranked]

Libtards need all the mental help they can get......I am ll for them getting all the mental heath care they can get. =.=

[Elpasser]

The number is way low.

Trust me.

[Mojave]

[Ronin]

And the other four are lying?

These days, anyone who lives in California is a de facto nutcase.

[Retired Greyhound]

It is indeed.

Most out here are nuts.

[Da Coyote]

Echo your comment. Given the percentages voting for lib-O-crats, I’d think the number of those needing mental help is certainly around the 50% mark.

[Clintonfatigued]

I think they’re right and that the actual number is higher.

This was just too easy.

[pissant]

Funny, I thought about 3 out of 4 already had lobotomies.

[Jack Hydrazine]

100% of those surveyed said they voted for Obama in the 2008 election.

[Doomonyou]

I may need it for still living here.

[mulligan]

Closer to 1/2.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Leftism (not Liberalism) is a mental disorder.

[Grunthor]

I’d bet it’s more than that.

[jessduntno]

"There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California." - Edward Abbey

[whence911]

Duuuuuuuude!!!

[TaMoDee]

I always knew that here in LaLa Land aka The Land of Fruits and Nuts that the current fiscal situtatiion would drive them over the edge. Just wait a few more months -— the 2010-11 fiscal year began on July 1st. No money whatsoever is in the future. It’s going to be really interesting!
Valium for all the Nuts!!

[AlexW]

For over 30 years, I have heard it called “The land of nuts and fruits”.

[KeyLargo]