Mental illness is a psychiatric disorder and the study of it is called Psychopathology. Many illnesses and dependencies are classified as mental disorders. From alcoholism, drug dependence, pedophilia, depression, schizophrenia, antisocial behavior to multiple personality disorder.

Having a mental illness can severely affect an individual's life and prevents that individual from holding down a job, attending school or even maintaining a personal relationship. The hidden face of mental illness creates an illusion that it only affects people on the fringe of society. In fact, a mental illness does not discriminate. It can effect everybody regardless of age, race, sex, or

Mental illness is a cruel and troubling disease that robs you, your family members of so much that life has to offer. Our society needs to do a much better job of educating those in need, as well as the population in general of what a mental illness is, and what can be done for it.

We need to look at integration of these people on the fringe into our day to day lives. There is much to hope for, when an illness is detected early. We need to take away the stigma and make people feel equally at ease discussing heart, stroke and such illnesses as they should be when discussing mental illnesses. We can be a better society.

The symptoms of mental illness vary from person to person. Some patients have Schizophrenia and they suffer from hearing voices that tell them to do things that will often harm themselves or others. A common symptom is that of Depression. This illness can and does effect a vast majority of people but from varying degrees of mildness to severe depre

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