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Erasing the Stigma of "Mental Illness"

As a physician specializing in psychiatry, Ipsychoanalytic couches. It is important to
know that many emotional conditions such asremember that psychoanalysis preceded our
depression and anxiety disorders are truemodern treatment approaches which now have a
medical illnesses with a biologic (physical)much higher success rate. We currently have
origin. Psychiatry has become more and moremany safe and effective medications, which
"biological" in its diagnosis and treatmentwhen used with or without psychotherapy, help
approaches during recent years, but a verymany people fully recover.Another reason for
significant stigma still exists against thosethe stigma is in the use of the term "mental
who are seeing a therapist. This has becomeillness". The field of psychiatry has
increasingly difficult to understand, but itundergone many changes in the past twenty
is a social stigma that is so very importantyears. Research into the functioning of the
to eliminate.Why does an embarrassment orbrain and nervous system has led to the
stigma still exist associated with those whoconcept of a "chemical imbalance" as the
are seeking psychiatric treatment? Why docause of illnesses such as Major Depression
people wait so long before come for help - toand Panic Attacks. In addition, Obsessive
the point of becoming nearly non-functionalCompulsive Disorder, a condition portrayed so
with their families, children and workwell by Jack Nicholson in the 1997 movie "As
environment?First, many people have a pictureGood As It Gets," is also caused by a
in their mind of movies in whichchemical imbalance. Medications were used to
psychiatrists are ineffective listeners ofhelp treat the "Obsessive Compulsive"
problems of patients who are lying oncharacter being played by Nicholson.



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