http://clinpsyc.blogspot.com/2009/01/were-all-mentally-disordered-college.html
Mental Health screenings would disqualify at least 50% of college age America, and the methodology for diagnosing them, is crap.
“A study in the December 2008 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry concluded that almost half of college aged Americans suffered from a DSM-IV disorder over a one-year timeframe. Yes, I am behind the curve on this one — Furious Seasons was all over this last month (1, 2). Rather than rant about the very odd idea that half of young adults are suffering from a mental disorder, I want to start by mentioning one aspect of the study — perhaps the most important one. Let’s look at how the diagnoses were assigned. To quote from the study:
All of the diagnoses were made according to DSM-IV criteria using the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule–DSM-IV version, a valid and reliable fully structured diagnostic interview designed for use by professional interviewers who are not clinicians.”
Anyone who can’t see the need for “reasonable” gun control has to be crazy, so why bother with formalized evaluations? Sorry Comrade, your application to own a gun has been denied. Proceed to Camp No. 327 for reeducation, you should not even desire to own dangerous weapons. What is wrong with you? If you want to play army, then join the army.