Top 10 Mental Health Myths (from psychcentral)


	Top 10 Mental Health Myths (from psychcentral)
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a1d43287-f290-4197-b493-05c42906bcd1/20C54B71-EA4D-419F-BE4E-DA4DDC9ADED2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html" href="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html" style="font-size: 11px;">theunstableblogger.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html"><H3><A href="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html">Top 10 Mental Health Myths (from psychcentral)</A> </H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html"><STRONG>1. Mental illness is just like a medical disease.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html"><STRONG>2. Medications are the only treatment you need to treat a mental illness.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html"><STRONG>3. If a medication or psychotherapy doesn’t work, that means your situation is hopeless.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html"><STRONG>4. Therapists don’t care about you – they only pretend to care because you pay them.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html"><STRONG>5. If it isn’t serious, it can’t hurt you.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html"><STRONG>6. Psychology and psychiatry aren’t “real sciences.” They’re supported only by fuzzy research and contradictory findings.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html"><STRONG>7. Mental illness is a myth, based upon arbitrary societal definitions designed only to sell you drugs or psychotherapy.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html"><STRONG>8. Children can’t have serious mental disorders.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html"><STRONG>9. Doctor/patient confidentiality is absolute and always protected.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theunstableblogger.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-10-mental-health-myths-from.html"><STRONG>10. Mental illness is no longer stigmatized in society.</STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/20C54B71-EA4D-419F-BE4E-DA4DDC9ADED2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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