Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.
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For mental illnesses, we need better access to treatment and diagnosis.
Mental health can be just as important as physical health - and major depression is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses.
Mental health can improve overall well-being and prevent other illnesses. And since mental health problems have a serious economic impact on vulnerable communities, making them a priority can save lives and markedly improve people's quality of life.
You can be diagnosed and treated early. And there is hope for the future.
No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious.
Mental illness leaves a huge legacy, not just for the person suffering it but for those around them.
In diagnosis think of the easy first.
Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice.
Once the notion of depression had begun to dominate the diagnostic armamentarium, it became but a matter of time before patients with relatively mild disorders of mood or anxiety would be entered into it.
Any other illness, any other disease that we're faced with, there's sympathy and understanding. We get help for those. With mental illness, our go-to is to categorize them as, 'Oh, they're crazy,' to belittle the problem.