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Did You Know?
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Interesting facts:

Mental illnesses are far more common than diabetes, cancer, arthritis or heart disease. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that one out of four families in the U.S. will have a loved one with a mental illness. More hospitals are occupied by people with mental illness than with any other disease.

Mental illnesses are not the same as mental retardation, which involves deficits in learning ability and intellectual process.

Mental illnesses are not the result of weak character or bad parenting.

Mental illnesses are neuro-biological disorders, which are caused by a chemical malfunction of the brain and are treatable with medications.

Schizophrenia most often strikes people between the ages of 16 and 25. More than two million Americans over the age of 18 will have schizophrenia in their lifetime. Often misunderstood as a split personality, in reality it is a biological disorder which needs medical treatment.

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