
OpinionJuly 14, 2017
Mental Illness Is Far More Common Than We Knew
New research suggests that nearly everyone will develop a psychological disorder at some point in their life—but for most, it’s temporary
Jonathan Schaefer is a graduate student in clinical psychology at Duke and a Carolina Consortium on Human Development predoctoral fellow. He studies developmental psychopathology, psychiatric epidemiology and intelligence.

Mental Illness Is Far More Common Than We Knew
New research suggests that nearly everyone will develop a psychological disorder at some point in their life—but for most, it’s temporary