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...Joseph Glenmullen, a former Harvard Clinical instructor in psychology, questioned the study’s findings, saying that the broadness of current diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders may inflate the number of people who actually have these disorders...
...It’s not credible if nearly 50 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds have psychiatric disorders—the number is off the charts,” Glenmullen said. “For many disorders, the diagnostic criteria has been watered down and capture more people with milder and milder symptoms...
...Glenmullen added that the study’s conclusions may not be representative of Harvard undergraduates...
...experience, the most common psychiatric disorders [at Harvard] would be anxiety and depression,” Glenmullen said, conceding, however, that “there might be more instances of alcohol abuse and dependence that people aren’t seeking treatment...
...link between suicides and prescription-drug use - though there is also no way of knowing how many suicide attempts the antidepressants may have prevented by improving a soldier's spirits. "The high percentage of U.S. soldiers attempting suicide after taking SSRIs should raise serious concerns," says Dr. Joseph Glenmullen, who teaches psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "And there's no question they're using them to prop people up in difficult circumstances...