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Did you know? 1 out of 17 Americans live with a serious mental illness.
Mental Illness Awareness Week (NAMI)
Mental Illness Awareness week was created by Congress in 1990 and it supports the efforts of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The aim of the week is to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and dispel some of the fears we have about people with mental illness. The University of Southern California created an infographic, “Facing Mental Illness,” showing some mind dazzling numbers.
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Hi Rachel,
Indeed I think we always should be cautious with such statistics. Although being subject to a mental illness is really terrible we must make sure misdiagnosis is reduced as much as possible.
i DON’T KNOW IF SOME OF YOU WILL AGREE ON MY OPINION BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST FACTOR OF ALL THESE IS WHAT AMERICANS PUT IN THEIR SYSTEM…FIRST IS FOOD AND SECOND IS , i NOTICED AMERICANS ARE SO DRUG DEPENDENT, EX. A SLIGHT HEAD ACHE, MUSCLE PAIN YOU’LL SEE THEM WITH MEFENAMIC OR ASPERIN. THEN THE FOOD.. EVERYTHING IS SO FORTIFIED SOMETIMES MORE THAN ENOUGH OF THE DAILY ALLOWANCE REQUIRED. SOME TEND TO BUY READY MADE FOOD, THE MICROWAVEBLES, INSTEAD OF COOKING IT FROM THE SCRATCH………ALL THESE SYNTHETIC STUFF PUT A FAIR SHARE OF AN IMPACT TO THE BRAIN….