"Roughly two-thirds (66 percent) of U.S. adults say mental health is a very or extremely serious issue, and two-thirds (67 percent) of Americans cited personal experience dealing with mental health issues, according to a recent survey from University of Phoenix® College of Social Sciences among 1,014 U.S. adults aged 18 or older."....................http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tis-season-jolly-national-survey-130000288.html
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1oij: ADHD is often described as a learning disorder, and a medical (neurophysiological) issue, with mental health implications.
For therapy, a psychologist or licensed counselor can often be a better choice. When medication is required (e.g. bipolar disorder - my particular mental health issue), periodic visits to a psychiatrist to monitor and adjust medications is likely a good idea. I believe the classification and treatment is part science and part art. Is ADHD a mental health issue or a behavioral issue? There are detectable differences in the brain. There are medications that can help treat it. However, there are behavior and environment modifications that can help treat it. Is depression a mental health issue or a behavior issue? There are medications that can treat it. However, there are behavior modifications that can help treat and even "cure" it. Maybe, spousal abuse is a mental health issue. After all, the same therapy that works to treat depression works to treat spousal abuse.
Mental health is too broadly defined here in the U.S.
Apparently if you beat your spouse that is a mental health issue. WTF??
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99% percent of us here need help... https://www.google.com/search?q=San+Diego+Psychiatrist
A reputable source - &university-phoenix
...And I'll bet that the same 66% of adults surveyed, if asked, would state that they had no mental health issues. The "personal experience" with mental health issues is usually "someone else's mental health issues." That's the problem with this country: It's almost always the "other guy" that's crazy.... It's the flip side of all the people who say: "He seemed like a normal person ... quiet ... kept to himself ...," when they discover they have been living next door to a killer.