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Davidmanheim comments on I need a protocol for dangerous or disconcerting ideas. - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 13 July 2015 03:19:06PM 3 points [-]

Today's blog post by Yvain starts:

Anxiety disorders are the most common class of psychiatric disorders. Their US prevalence is about 20%. They’re also among the least recognized and least treated...

Comment author: Davidmanheim 14 July 2015 06:23:30PM 0 points [-]

Also, they are incredibly treatable.

And on the irrationality scale, not fixing a debilitating problem that is very fixable ranks pretty high.