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September 07, 2006
They Don't Know They Are Ill!
A recent survey by the American Psychiatric Association found that many people know little or almost nothing about the warning signs, causes and effective treatments for mental illnesses-even though in any given year, one in five Americans suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder.
Each year, more people suffer from a mental illness than from cancer and diabetes combined.
Mental illnesses are real and treatable. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, the rate of successful treatment for depression (70 to 80 percent) is much higher than the rate for other chronic illnesses such as heart disease (45 to 50 percent).
Some of the signals or symptoms of mental illness include change in personality, inability to cope with problems and daily activities, marked changes in eating or sleeping patterns and extreme highs and lows.
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"Mental illness - separating the facts from fiction", Moorpark Acorn, August 25, 2006
Posted by admin at September 7, 2006 12:06 PM