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    Mental illnesses affect a significant portion of the population each year, including 19% of adults, 46% of teenagers, and 13% of children. However, only half of those affected receive treatment, due to the stigma surrounding mental health issues. Untreated mental illnesses can contribute to higher medical costs, poorer work and school performance, fewer job opportunities, and increased suicide risk. The most common mental health conditions are anxiety disorders, which affect over 18% of adults each year, and mood disorders like depression, which affect nearly 10% of adults. While understanding of mental illness has improved, stigma remains a major barrier that prevents many from seeking help.

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    Mental illnesses affect a significant portion of the population each year, including 19% of adults, 46% of teenagers, and 13% of children. However, only half of those affected receive treatment, due to the stigma surrounding mental health issues. Untreated mental illnesses can contribute to higher medical costs, poorer work and school performance, fewer job opportunities, and increased suicide risk. The most common mental health conditions are anxiety disorders, which affect over 18% of adults each year, and mood disorders like depression, which affect nearly 10% of adults. While understanding of mental illness has improved, stigma remains a major barrier that prevents many from seeking help.

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    Mental illnesses affect a significant portion of the population each year, including 19% of adults, 46% of teenagers, and 13% of children. However, only half of those affected receive treatment, due to the stigma surrounding mental health issues. Untreated mental illnesses can contribute to higher medical costs, poorer work and school performance, fewer job opportunities, and increased suicide risk. The most common mental health conditions are anxiety disorders, which affect over 18% of adults each year, and mood disorders like depression, which affect nearly 10% of adults. While understanding of mental illness has improved, stigma remains a major barrier that prevents many from seeking help.

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    TheImportance of Mental Awareness

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    Mental illnesses affect a significant portion of the population each year, including 19% of adults, 46% of teenagers, and 13% of children. However, only half of those affected receive treatment, due to the stigma surrounding mental health issues. Untreated mental illnesses can contribute to higher medical costs, poorer work and school performance, fewer job opportunities, and increased suicide risk. The most common mental health conditions are anxiety disorders, which affect over 18% of adults each year, and mood disorders like depression, which affect nearly 10% of adults. While understanding of mental illness has improved, stigma remains a major barrier that prevents many from seeking help.

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    Mental illnesses affect 19% of the adult population,

    46% of teenagers and 13% of children each year. People


    struggling with their mental health may be in your family,
    live next door, teach your children, work in the next cubicle
    or sit in the same church pew.
    However, only half of those affected receive treatment, often
    because of the stigma attached to mental health. Untreated,
    mental illness can contribute to higher medical expenses,
    poorer performance at school and work, fewer employment
    opportunities and increased risk of suicide.

    What Exactly is a Mental Illness


    A mental illness is a physical illness of the brain that causes
    disturbances in thinking, behavior, energy or emotion that
    make it difficult to cope with the ordinary demands of life.
    Research is starting to uncover the complicated causes of
    these diseases which can include genetics, brain chemistry,
    brain structure, experiencing trauma and/or having another
    medical condition, like heart disease.

    The two most common mental health


    conditions are:
    Anxiety Disorders – More than 18% of adults each year
    struggle with some type of anxiety disorder, including post-
    traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder
    (OCD), panic disorder (panic attacks), generalized anxiety
    disorder and specific phobias.
    Mood Disorders – Mood disorders, such as depression and
    bipolar depression, affect nearly 10% of adults each year and are
    characterized by difficulties in regulating one’s mood.
    Although the general perception of mental illness has improved
    over the past decades, studies show that stigma against mental
    illness is still powerful, largely due to media stereotypes and
    lack of education, and that people tend to attach negative
    stigmas to mental health conditions at a far higher rate than to
    other diseases and disabilities, such as cancer, diabetes or heart
    disease.
    Stigma affects not only the number seeking treatment, but also
    the number of resources available for proper treatment. Stigma
    and misinformation can feel like overwhelming obstacles for
    someone who is struggling with a mental health condition. Here
    a few powerful things you can do to help:
     Showing individuals respect and acceptance removes a significant barrier to
    successfully coping with their illness. Having people see you as an individual and not as
    your illness can make the biggest difference for someone who is struggling with their
    mental health.
     Advocating within our circles of influence helps ensure these individuals have the same
    rights and opportunities as other members of your church, school and community.
     Learning more about mental health allows us to provide helpful support to those
    affected in our families and communities.

    Stigma is when someone sees you in a negative


    way because of a particular characteristic or attribute,
    such as mental illness. When someone treats you in a
    negative way because of your mental illness, this is
    discrimination.
    Why is stigma a concern in mental health?
    Some of the harmful effects of stigma can include: Reluctance to seek
    help or treatment. Lack of understanding by family, friends, co-
    workers or others. Fewer opportunities for work, school or social
    activities or trouble finding housing.
    What are the 3 types of stigma?
    There are three ways stigma can show up: in the public,
    internally, and as a stigma-by-association.

    What is an example of self-stigma?

    Types of Self-Stigma

    Alienation: Feeling embarrassed, ashamed, inferior or


    disappointed in yourself for being ill. Feeling that your
    illness is your fault. Believing mental illness has ruined your
    life. Feeling like others are incapable of understanding you.

    How do I make an action plan for mental health?


    Developing a Wellness Toolbox as Part of a Mental Health Action
    Plan

    1. eating three healthy meals a day.


    2. drinking plenty of water.
    3. getting to bed by 10:00 p.m. (or at a good regular time for you)
    4. doing something you enjoy-like playing a musical instrument,
    watching a favorite TV show, knitting, or reading a good book.

    What are the 4 major objectives of the mental health


    action plan?
    The original four major objectives remain unchanged:
    more effective leadership and governance for mental
    health; the provision of comprehensive, integrated mental
    health and social care services in community-based
    settings; implementation of strategies for promotion and
    prevention; and strengthened information systems, ...
    What is the purpose of mental health action
    plan?
    The plan will help countries achieve Sustainable
    Development Goal target 3.4 – by 2030, reduce by
    one third premature deaths from
    noncommunicable diseases through prevention
    and treatment, and promote mental health and
    well-being.

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