Brain illnesses are not what you think

The lack of education and lack of proper mental health treatment cause millions of Americans, and people all over the world, to experience a reduced quality of health, productivity, and happiness. According to the experts, one in every five people has already experienced, or will experience, a mental illness. ….

People do not recognize that they (or their friends, co-workers, neighbors, or family) have mental illness. Most people never have the chronic and debilitating symptoms. Recognition and treatment are delayed because school students, people in the workplace, and even America’s professionals have not learned basic mental illness facts. Physicians are not routinely screening their patients. ….

People think they know what mental illness is. Most of what the public has learned is false. Misconceptions and misinformation have birthed stigma and prejudice.