| It is an established fact that almost two-thirds of all | | | | Alcoholics Anonymous, and Narcotics Anonymous. |
| people afflicted with some kind of mental dysfunction | | | | These offer an amazingly effective therapeutic |
| do not seek treatment. This is confirmed by the | | | | support systems for sufferers, free of cost.There |
| WHO's Global Burden of Disease study. | | | | are various organizations that monitor and streamline |
| The reasons for that people do not seek treatment | | | | mental health efforts on a national scale today. |
| vary, but some of the most common ones are a | | | | Among them are the Center for Mental Health |
| fear of the social stigma attached to mental disease; | | | | Services (CMHS), the Substance Abuse and Mental |
| a fear of compromised security (loss of job, spouse, | | | | Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the |
| benefits entitlement, etc.); an inability to pay for | | | | Federal Action Agenda for Mental Health. These |
| treatment; or lack of awareness of the | | | | organizations exist to ensure fair and helpful practices |
| problem.Thankfully, many forms of mental disease | | | | among mental health professionals and to upgrade |
| are no longer looked down upon; nor are those who | | | | the standards of mental health services as and when |
| suffer from them necessarily ostracized in society or | | | | necessary.Basically, professional mental health |
| at the workplace. Many progressive companies now | | | | services offer treatment for either the whole gamut |
| offer more time to their employees for recovery | | | | of mental disorders, or they specialize in them |
| from mental illness, and there is a decided increase in | | | | individually. The onus of treatment in present times is |
| general social awareness prevalent today.Considering | | | | on the most prevalent: anxiety disorders such as |
| its increased prevalence today, it is understandable | | | | obsessive-compulsive and post-traumatic-stress |
| that mental health has become a lucrative | | | | disorders; bipolar and manic-depressive disorders; |
| money-spinner. Psychiatrists and psychologists are | | | | schizophrenia; behavioral disorders, such a eating |
| amongst the highest-paid professionals in the modern | | | | disorders; and ADHD/ADD (Attention Deficit |
| world. This being so, there is a lot to be said for | | | | Hyperactivity Disorders). |
| self-help groups like Schizophrenics Anonymous, | | | | |