"They found that the most common conditions requiring treatment were alcohol dependence (14 percent) and major depression (11 percent). Other conditions looked at in the study were social phobia, panic disorder and agoraphobia."

""There are a number of people who need psychiatric care who aren't getting any," lead author Dr. Erick Messias, a psychiatrist at the Medical College of Georgia, in Augusta, said in a prepared statement. "There is a constellation of factors keeping people away from that care. This translates into people suffering for years, when there is a solution.""

"Reasons why people don't seek or get care include the belief that they'll get better on their own; the belief that treatment won't help; societal pressures and stigma; a lack of insurance
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