Why is it Important?

Step 1: Teach Open Populations

With one in five people being Mindedness An effect of open mindedness is
diagnosed with a mental illness, the willingness for people to learn
Being open minded doesn’t come
the importance of caring for your and get involved.
naturally to everyone. In order to
mental health is more important If we start educating our children at
spread awareness for mental
than you think. a young age, they will feel natural
health, people need to be willing to
Your mental health affects every talking and supporting those who
listen. If you, or someone you
aspect of your life. It determines are experiencing mental illnesses.
know, is having a hard time
your motivation, your body Communication and openness
understanding how mental health
language, your education/work life, about mental health allows the
works, there are many online and
your physical health and much mentally ill to feel comfortable and
in person resources. You can also
more. accepted.
refer to my proposal which is
So many people face constant Some people may not want to be
featured in my research project
stigma for their illness when over a educated, and that is okay.
binder and on my website at the
billion people have a mental illness. Classes being taught in middle and
back of this brochure.
Why is something so common so high schools about mental health
Before you can help others, you
misunderstood? The answer is are an excellent start to opening to
must help yourself first. Once
under communication and lack of door for talking about mental
diagnosed with a mental illness, it
awareness health with children.
is your choice of what to do about
With these three steps, we will be With one in four teenagers having
it. There are many different
right on track to allowing those anxiety, an outlet for them to freely
approaches to take: therapy,
who face stigma to live their lives ask questions about their mental
support group, medication, herbs
feeling as though they are health is a great thing.
and oils, meditation, and the list
accepted as who they are by
goes on. Whatever you decide to
society.
do, go into it with an open mind. Step 3: Proper
Treatment and
Step 2: Educate Our
 Minimize Stigma Websites: Process
NIMH.com
Thomas Insel, the former president
NAMI.com (National Alliance on
of The National Institute of Mental
Mental Illness)
Health, NIMH, said, “The good news
stories in medicine are early
NAMI also has a helpline you can
detection, early intervention.”
call: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
His improvement to mental health
approach is to treat it like one would
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treat a physical illness like heart
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disease or leukemia. For heart disease,
My personal mental health website:
doctors don’t wait for the heart attack
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or stroke, they run tests and scans
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before symptoms start and cure before
the disease becomes fatal. If we were
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to treat mental illness before
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