Mental Illness Sociology

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Mental illness is something that has always been hidden or looked down upon. People who suffer from a mental disorder often keep it from their families, because most of the time it is their own family that implants this sense of shame among them. Times have changed, and more and more people are being diagnosed with different disorders, something that you didn’t hear about back 30 years ago. For older generations, they do not always have an open mind about it since back in their time they never “heard” about mental illness. The reality is that mental illnesses have been around for so many years, they just were never justified. If you suffered from depression or Bipolar disorder, you were told “it’s all in your head”. People with schizophrenia

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