Again, the majority of the general population would answer "no" to this
Are you sure about that?
I don't have data, but my prior is fairly strong.
There are a lot of (temporarily) depressed teenagers, but it's rarely clinical and they rarely go for a formal evaluation to a psychiatrist or a psychotherapist.
How many people, do you think, go to a doctor and say "I think I'm mentally ill"?
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