Understanding Mental Illnesses

My goal today is to provide you with the necessary resources to navigate through for mental illness information and general help. I'll be providing educational resources to refer to by the National Institute of Mental Health and Mayo Clinic! Mental illnesses have become very prevalent in todays world. lets start off by going over some statistics by the National Institute of Mental Health "Mental illnesses are common in the United States. Nearly one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness (46.6 million in 2017). Mental illnesses include many different conditions that vary in degree of severity, ranging from mild to moderate to severe." Provided below there will be a link to the National Institute of Mental Health where you can look over how prevalent mental illnesses are today, what a mental illness can be defined as, and the different types of mental illnesses. Additionally, within the links listed below you'll be able to click on an informational page created by Mayo Clinic and its staff. This page is extremely crucial to understanding the following: mental illness symptoms, when to see a doctor, what to do if you have suicidal thoughts, helping a loved one, risk factors, causes, complications, and prevention. Thanks for taking the time to read about mental illness and this post! Continue to be alert and proactive!

If you believe you or your loved ones may be at immediate harm of suicide call 911. For other hotlines please click the link below:

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help/index.shtml

For crucial information provided by Mayo Clinic about the following: mental illness symptoms, when to see a doctor, what to do if you have suicidal thoughts, helping a loved one, risk factors, causes, complications, and preventions click the link:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mental-illness/symptoms-causes/syc-20374968

For information about mental illness prevalence, definition of a mental illness, and the different types of mental illness click the link below:

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/mental-illness.shtml

References

Nimh.nih.gov. 2020. NIMH » Mental Illness. [online] Available at: <https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/mental-illness.shtml> [Accessed 11 September 2020].