Got Mental Illness? Get Married!

Sometimes, I just laugh my ass off about how the media responds to studies of mental illness. Here's a great example: "Single People Face Higher Risk of Mental Illness." Now, go to a press release for the study. It doesn't assert that singles are at risk for mental illness, merely that more singles than marrieds were admitted to psych units in Ireland. But that's how the media works with medical studies. Casual association becomes risk becomes proof becomes screaming headline. Remember: Always blame the editors!