Zimbabwe: New Gun Laws Require Psychiatric Evaluation

13 December 2018
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Mental illnesses are very common: nearly one in five people experience clinical depression during their lives; one in five experience an anxiety disorder; one in 100 experience schizophrenia, the general population experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

People who have had higher exposure to trauma, violence and warfare such as veterans have higher rates of PTSD which go up to 30 percent.

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