“Every year, about 42.5 million American adults (or 18.2 percent of the total adult population in the United States) suffers from some mental illness, enduring conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia…”(Bekiempis par. 1). Although many Americans endure mental illnesses yearly, they are misinformed. Numerous American’s believe that mental illness is a sign of weakness; however, through personal experience, observation, and research, mental illness are the most misunderstood and battered illnesses.
Depression is not fully understood in the world. I often hear individuals say, “The secret to depression is it is all in your head.” This information is undeniably fictional. Depression can transpire from scarring events or it can be genetic. I notice …show more content…
In their literature review, Angermeyer & Dietrich (9) found that while the majority of the public showed prosocial reactions to people with mental illness, a tendency to distance oneself from people with mental illness remained observable” (Cleveland par. 1).
You hear Bipolar Disorder and you think what? Just recently I was unaware about this disorder even though I have friends that have this disorder. I thought it was like multi-personality disorder when in fact it is nothing to the sort. I learned that there are three stages of bipolar disorder with Bipolar I Disorder being the most problematic and Cyclothymia being the mildest form. Victor M. Parachin explains what bipolar disorder refers to: “It is a brain disorder which causes extreme shifts of mood, energy and activity levels…a person with bipolar disorder experiences moods which “fluctuate widely and uncontrollably,” causing the individual to move from “depression to mania (periods of great excitement, euphoria, delusions, and over activity)” ( Parachin
Depression is not fully understood in the world. I often hear individuals say, “The secret to depression is it is all in your head.” This information is undeniably fictional. Depression can transpire from scarring events or it can be genetic. I notice …show more content…
In their literature review, Angermeyer & Dietrich (9) found that while the majority of the public showed prosocial reactions to people with mental illness, a tendency to distance oneself from people with mental illness remained observable” (Cleveland par. 1).
You hear Bipolar Disorder and you think what? Just recently I was unaware about this disorder even though I have friends that have this disorder. I thought it was like multi-personality disorder when in fact it is nothing to the sort. I learned that there are three stages of bipolar disorder with Bipolar I Disorder being the most problematic and Cyclothymia being the mildest form. Victor M. Parachin explains what bipolar disorder refers to: “It is a brain disorder which causes extreme shifts of mood, energy and activity levels…a person with bipolar disorder experiences moods which “fluctuate widely and uncontrollably,” causing the individual to move from “depression to mania (periods of great excitement, euphoria, delusions, and over activity)” ( Parachin