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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS
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Mental Illness is Real
1 Types of Mental Illness include:
2 Causes for Mental Illness include:
- Environmental factors
- Medical conditions
- Chemical sensitivities
- Biological factors
- Genetic factors
- Socioeconomic factors
- Substance abuse
3 Treatments for Mental Health include:
Treatment depends on which mental health disorder you have and how serious it is. Whether it is a prescription drug treatment program or not, your treatment plan should include:
- Self-care
- Healthy diet
- Limiting alcohol and recreation drug consumption
- Personalized therapy program
4 Support for Mental Health
- Recognizing everyone is different
- Acknowledging there are no quick fixes
- Taking the stigma away from mental health
- Treating mental illness or disorder as a medical condition like any other condition
- Eliminating the silent suffering from those suffering by their mental health
- Staying away from triggering words such as “Just shake it off,” “Snap out of it”, “It’s just in your head”, etc.
Sources Used:
- National Institute of Mental Health, Digital Toolkit for Mental Health Awareness Month, accessed April 29, 2024.
- Healthdirect, Mental Health Conditions, accessed April 29, 2024.
- Nami.org, Mental Health Conditions, accessed April 28, 2024.
- National Insititute of Mental Health, Transforming the health and treatment of mental health, accessed April 29, 2024.
- Medlineplus.gov, Mental Disorders, accessed April 29, 2024.