How We Think About Mental Illness – Time for Plan B
Depending on who you talk to, there are dramatically different views of mental illness. One scenario which captures the unpleasant reality many have experienced looks something like this: Plan A – Many people with a mental illness: Have never been diagnosed Have received a diagnosis but have a lack of insight or deny it Are afraid to talk about it Are ashamed to disclose it Never seek treatment for it Are ridiculed and ostracized because of it Want treatment but none …