Myths & Facts True or False?. There's no hope for people with mental illnesses.
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Myths & Facts
True or False?
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True or False?
There's no hope for
people with mental
illnesses.
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True or False?
I can't do anything for a person with
mental illness.
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True or False?
People with mental illnesses are violent and unpredictable.
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True or False?
Mental illnesses don't
affect me.
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True or False?
Mental illness is the same as
mental retardation.
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True or False?
Mental illnesses are brought on by
a weakness of character.
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True or False?
Once people develop mental illnesses, they
will never recover.
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True or False?
Children don't experience mental
illnesses. Their actions are just products of bad
parenting.
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True or False
People who talk about suicide
usually don’t kill themselves
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True or FalseThere’s really
nothing you can do to help someone
who’s truly suicidal
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True or False
Discussing suicide may cause someone to
consider it or make things worse
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True or False?People with mental illness
have hopes and dreams and they are regular people like you and me; people who –
through no fault of their own - just got sick.
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References:
United States Department of Health and Human Services: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Myths & Facts, 2010. http://www.samhsa.gov
Crisis Link, 2010. http://www.crisislink.org/resources/suicide/suicide_myths.html