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Understanding Common Mental illnesses and Healthcare

Severe emotional trauma or stress, environmental causes, genetics are some of the reasons that may be culprits for advent of some mental diseases.

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Although believed otherwise, psychiatric or mental illnesses are a common occurrence in today’s society. Even though 1 in every 4 people suffer from some kind of psychiatric issue still awareness about mental health and healthcare is quite limited when we compare it to physical health and wellbeing. In layman terms, mental illnesses can be termed as a physical disease or condition but not that of the body but that of the brain. Unfortunately especially in India due to social stigma attached with mental illnesses both patient and many a times the family too are wary of asking for help. Although

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