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Can being diagnosed with depression and/or anxiety mean someone is mentally ill?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

See below: Those are mental illnesses but that does not mean that the person is crazy. We all have difficulties at some time in our life and one need not feel embarrassed.

Answered 4/23/2013

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