mental health

Question 1

Why do some people react differently to people with mental ilnesses?

Answer 1

• People can’t really understand what’s going on in another persons mind
• We can’t sympathetic with other patients, if we don’t have had this illnesses

Question 2

Which factors might stop mentally ill people from asking for help?

Answer 2

• They feel isolated and misunderstood
• They feel helpless and don’t know what to do
• Maybe the people knows nothing about her illness
• The patient is scared about asking for help
• Embarassing about her mental health, shame for her illness

Question 3

What does the doctor mean when he says that flu or migraine ist „harmless“?

Answer 3

• some patients will recover never ever, if he have an mental illness
• doctor can give a prescription against flu or migraine, but is a mental problem not diagnosed then it can’t be treated
• migraine and flu is a physical illness and you can feel and see this illness
• peolple with flu or migraine will get their proper treatment
• one in four patients who visits health service has at least one mental disorder

Question 4

information about mental health/ illness:

Answer 4

• hundreds of millions of people have mental illnesses  worldwide problem
• 154 million people suffer from depression
• Some people with mental illnesses have to take medication to be able to live with their illness
• Every year almost 900.000 people around the world commit suicide