Myth or Fact
Instructions:
Identify whether the statement represents a myth or a fact. Provide additional
information/thoughts/ideas to explain your choice.
1. You can always tell when someone is experiencing a mental illness. (Myth or Fact)
2. People with mental illnesses are to blame for their condition. (Myth or Fact)
3. Mental illnesses are long-term illnesses. (Myth or Fact)
4. People with mental illness are more violent than other people. (Myth or Fact)
5. Mental illness can be associated with low intelligence. (Myth or Fact)
Misconceptions
Commonly held misconceptions of people with mental illness include:
1. People with mental illness are all potentially violent and dangerous.
• most common misconception
• in reality people with mental illness are no more dangerous than people who do not experience mental illness. (Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division, 2000)
• people with diseases such as schizophrenia are more likely to be violent towards themselves
Misconceptions con't
2. People with mental illness are somehow responsible for their condition.
• wrongfully characterized as a weakness or character flaw
• occurs all over the world in all races, in all cultures, and in all social classes
• often there are biological, chemical or genetic factors that contribute to the mental illness
Misconceptions con't
3. People with mental illness have nothing positive to contribute.
• throughout history, people with serious mental health problems have been leaders and visionaries
• examples in every area: politics, culture, academics, business, athletics, arts and science
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Instruction: Identify the phobia by filling in the blank beside each term
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