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Article: Survey: Stigma Keeps Millions with Anxiety Disorders From Treatment.
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- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- November 4, 1998
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NEW YORK, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Shame, fear and embarrassment are the top reasons anxiety disorders -- America's most common mental illnesses -- largely go untreated, shows a new survey.
The nationwide poll released today by the National Mental Health Association found that more than half of Americans believe that stigma prevents individuals with anxiety disorders from seeking treatment, despite a surprisingly high recognition of the illnesses.
Nineteen million Americans suffer from anxiety disorders. Fewer than one third receive treatment.
"These findings account for the wide discrepancy between the common occurrence of anxiety disorders and ...
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