Mental Illness Awareness
Changing Attitudes, Changing Lives
Each October, Mental Illness Awareness Week and World Mental Health Day helps raise awareness of disorders and erase the stigma attached with mental illness. One in 17 people live with a mental disorder such as bipolar disorder, major depression, and schizophrenia, yet many of these individuals and their families don’t know where to turn for mental health resources and support.
Serious mental illnesses are more common than cancer, diabetes and heart disease and are the number one reason for hospital admissions nationwide. Scientific research is producing tremendous breakthroughs in the understanding of mental illnesses, resulting in more effective treatments that allow people to reclaim full and productive lives.
More information and resources are available from the National Alliance on Mental Illness:
www.nami.org.Resources:
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Institute of Mental Health
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Institute of Mental Health