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While suicide is a rising problem is the United States its not the only mental health ilness. Millions of people suffer from PTSD, Depression, schizophrenia and many other personality disorders.Its important to stay informed about the syptoms of these ilnesses.About 1 in 5 Ameericans have a mental health illness. Around 1 in 25 are in serious conditon. Depiste these statistics 60% of American still admit to not getting treatment despite their illness. There's this stigma that therapy is bad and has bad on only for those that need serious help.But that could not be further from the truth. Studies show everyone can benefit from therapy wheter they have a mental illness ore not.Don't think of it as therapy think of it as consulting. You can find more information here.
What you can do:
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- Step 1: Research Local mental health institutions and Organizations here.
- Step 2: Contact Your local elected officials about increasing funding to these institutions
- Step 3: See if you caan start a community fundraiser or post on social media to raise awareness.
- Step 4: If you notice a friend or family member showing signs of a mental health illness or substance abuse contact a hotline or reccoment them to a local therapist. Since Covid has made going to a therapist impossible you can find a virtual one here.