Globally mental illness contributes to a significant amount of global burden of diseases.
Patients who are suffering from mental illness have a large amount of distress or dysfunction in their life.
It is disheartening to see that patients suffering from mental illness don't seek treatment.
Even if they do, they come at a very late stage when it becomes complicated.
In countries like India, studies have shown that more than 80 percent of the patients suffering from mental illness don't access treatment.
One of the reasons is the stigma attached to it.
So because of the stigma people don't speak up and it delays the treatment.
People have this misconception about the treatment for mental illness.
Most people think that treatment is life long, once the patient begins the treatment it goes on for a very long time and the patient becomes dependent on the same.
This is a false perception.
We need to understand that mental illnesses are of various kinds and if it appears at an early stage then it is treatable and the treatment continues only till it's required.
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