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Mental Illness. (n.d.). //NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness - Mental Health Support, Education and Advocacy//. Retrieved August 27, 2013, from http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=about_mental_illness

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1."Mental illnesses are medical conditions that disrupt a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Just as diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas, mental illnesses are medical conditions that often result in a diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of life." 2. There are many different forms of mental illness. Some are; major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and bipolar disorder. Recovery is possible. 3. Mental illness can affect anybody. 4."The U.S. Surgeon General reports that 10 percent of children and adolescents in the United States suffer from serious emotional and mental disorders that cause significant functional impairment in their day-to-day lives at home, in school and with peers." 5. Early identification and treatment are very important. It will be easier to recover if you catch it early on. 6. "The National Institude of Mental Health reports that one in four adult (approximately 57.7 million Americans) experience a mental health disorder in a given year" 7. The economic cost for untreated mental illness is $100 billion each year in the US. 8. 70%-90% of people have significant improved quality of life with pharmacological and psycho-social treatments. 9. "Stigma erodes confidence that mental disorders are real, treatable health conditions. We have allowed stigma and a now unwarranted sense of hopelessness to erect attitudinal, structural and financial barriers to effective treatment and recovery. It is time to take these barriers down."