Mental health..... check! (EN)

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What percentage of the worlds adolescents has a mental disorder (aproximately)?

People with mental health disorders, tend to be more violent and unpredictable than others that don't have them.

The vast majority of people with mental health problems are no more likely to be violent than anyone else. In fact, people with severe mental illnesses are over 10 times more likely to be victims of violent crime than the general population. People with mental illness are more likely to hurt themselves than others.

What are the two most common mental disorders globally?

Depression and anxiety are the most common mental disorders. Globally, it is estimated that 3.8% and 4% of people, are suffering from depression and anxiety accordingly. Approximately 280 million people in the world have depression and 301 have anxiety.

More women get affected by depression than men.

How many people with mental illness globally, receive no treatment from health care stuff (approximately)?

Evidence shows that the possible reasons for that may be, the lack of knowledge to identify features of mental illnesses, ignorance about how to access treatment, prejudice against people who have mental illness, and expectation of discrimination against people diagnosed with mental illness.

Physical health is more important than mental.

The main reason for someone to attend therapy is to have a mental illness.

Benefits of therapy can be mental or emotional, physical, behavioral, or related to relationships and life. Some common benefits of therapy include better sleep, improved communication, less stress, and increased happiness. You don't have to be mentally ill to go to therapy. Going to therapy can be actually a way of preventing mental illness.

If you have a strong will and try hard enough, you can get over depression by yourself.

It’s normal for all human beings to be sad at times, depending on our circumstances. Something happens and we’re sad about it. But people with major depressive disorder can be sad when nothing is wrong. When someone has depression, they don’t need a reason to be sad or “down.” It is a part of their mood they can’t control due to irregular chemical pathways, so they can’t just snap out of it or “try harder.”