5 Facts about Mental Illness
Fact 1
Like heart disease or diabetes, mental illness is often a medical condition that calls for proper treatment, support and education.
Fact 2
Two-thirds of people with a diagnosable mental illness never seek professional help. (Many do not know where to go, don’t realize their condition is treatable, or fear discrimination.)
Fact 3
Self-stigma prevents up to 60% of those with mental illness from seeking treatment.
Fact 4
Roughly 50% of of those with severe mental illness are afflicted by substance abuse.
Fact 5
Someone with a mental illness is no more likely to be violent than someone in the general population and is actually 3x more likely to become a victim.
Excerpterd from The Mental Illness: It’s Not Always What You Think Project — Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services / Division of Behavioral Health Services (DHHSDBHS).
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