Mental Health Issues and Treatment

Mental illness is not something to be swept under the carpet or something to shy away from. If not treated early, the condition will most likely aggravate with time and pose greater threat by bringing in more complications. As per CDC Mental Illness Surveillance, Mental illness is associated with lower use of medical care, reduced adherence to treatment therapies for chronic diseases and higher risks of adverse health outcomes.

It is a very positive development that stigma associated with mental illness is gradually diminishing in our society as more and more people are coming out in the open, seeking treatment for every mental condition.

Trends in people availing of show a marked improvement in the collective psyche of the society regarding mental illness. Earlier, people would shudder to disclose a mental illness of someone in the family fearing a negative backlash. The first instinct was to hide the illness where treatment generally took a backseat with prolonged delays. But situations are improving rapidly and proliferation of treatment centers is an indication of it.

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