[SSRI-Research] Conundrum Of Bush's New Plan To Screen Population

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> JustSayNo

> Mon, 5 Jul 2004 20:57:01 -0400

> [sSRI-Research] Conundrum

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> Dear All

>

> For those who like arithmetic puzzles here is one to

> tax the brains of a math major.

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> How long will it take to screen the Nation for

> Mental Illness

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> Population of US multiplied by number of symptoms,

> multplied by number of recognised mental illnesses,

> multipled by number of psychiatrists in US,

> multipled by number of health economists = number of

> years the project will take

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> Question:

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> (allowing for ten minutes diagnostic time per

> symptom and no more that three comorbid disorders

> each with no more than five DSM symtoms)

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> Which millenium will this project be completed in,

> allowing for an exponential growth in the

> population, the number of psychiatrists and the

> already exponentially growing DSM?

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