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Article: Mental illness prolific among college students.
- Article from:
- World Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- October 12, 2004
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2004 OCT 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Due to a high rate of mental illness found among the college population, the U.S. National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) urges parents to talk to their children about mental illness before college and maintain an open dialogue throughout young adulthood.
This recommendation follows the release of a new study, conducted by NAMI and Abbott Laboratories, which found a high incidence of mental illness among the college age population, yet a lack of education and understanding among both the students and their parents.
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