Question

Reflecting on the material found in Chapter 11, focusing on mental illness, mental treatment & care, and the enormous challenges that we face in our communities today

due to  undiagnosed/untreated mental health issues, respond to the following question:

What evidence is  there (from scientific research and statistics) that mental illness is one of our most pervasive public health problems today?

Have you seen evidence of this in our communities? Provide a current example...

Be sure to provide facts and data from your reading of Chapter 11 and any data on mental health from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and/or NYSOMH (NYS Office of Mental Health) that is useful in connecting your example and viewpoint.

Answer 1

What evidence is there (from scientific research and statistics) that mental illness is one of our most pervasive public health problems today?

Mental health problems are far more common than We knew. One of the most commonly observed mental health problems is of depression. The is one of the most common mood disorders and is a,so a serious disorder. There are severe problems caused which include affecting the mood of a person or problems in handling of daily activities. These maybe in the form of postpartum depression or persistent depressive disorder or psychotic depression or bipolar disorder. The WHO has observed that almost 300 million individuals suffer from depression globally. This has been the major cause of disabilities worldwide and has been one of the major contributors of the global burden of disease. Also, the percentage of women who are affected by depression is more than men. Almost 80000p people commit suicides every year and is observed more commonly in the age group of 15-29.

The CDC states that mental illness is very common. More than 50% of the people in the US are diagnosed with mental health disorders at one time or the other in their lifetime. Almost 1 in 5 often America s experience a diagnosis of mental health every year and 1 in 25 of the Americans suffer from a serious mental health disorder in the form of major depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.