Volume 4 Issue 7 July 2014
Mental health problems are very rare.
1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem in any given year.
Young people just go through ups and downs as part of puberty, it’s nothing.
Children and adolescents suffer through psychological disturbances and needs to be addressed too. In fact,1 in 10 young people will experience a mental health problem.
People with mental health illnesses are usually violent and unpredictable.
People with a mental illness are more likely to be a victim of violence.
Mental health disorders are often life-long and difficult to treat.
Different mental health disorders need different treatment durations. Some illnesses like adjustment disorders, mild depression, and first episode of depression / psychosis need short course of treatment as per patients improvement. However, in chronic illnesses, recurrent episodes of illness long term treatment are required.
