- People who have a mental illness are just "crazy
- Depression and other illnesses, such as anxiety disorders, do not affect children or adolescents.
- People with a severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, are usually dangerous and violent.
- Addiction is a lifestyle choice and shows a lack of willpower. People with a substance abuse problem are morally weak or "bad".
- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as "shock treatment," is painful and barbaric.
- People with mental illness are poor and/or less intelligent.
- Mental illness is caused by a personal weakness.
- Mental illness is a single, rare disorder.
- Mental illness only happens to people with a family history.
- Mental illness is the same as mental retardation.
- People with a mental illness are unable to function well.
- Depression and anxiety disorders are part of growing up.
- Mentally ill employees tend to be second-rate workers.
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) happens only after you fight in a war. That's why it's called shell shock.
- Depression is all in your head.
- Mental illness is the result of bad parenting.
- Schizophrenia means "split personality," and there is no way to control it.
- Mental illness does not strike the "average person."
- Mental illness is not a serious health problem today.
- Most people with a mental illness are receiving treatment.
- Mental illness is not like other "Physical" diseases.
- Most people who are mentally ill live in mental hospitals or on the streets.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Mental Illness Myths
How many of these do you think are true?
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