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- Myth: If a person has a mental health condition, it means the person has low intelligence. Fact: Mental illness, like physical illness, can affect anyone regardless of intelligence, social class, or income level.
- Myth: You only need to take care of your mental health if you have a mental health condition. Fact: Everyone can benefit from taking active steps to promote their well-being and improve their mental health.
- Myth: Poor mental health is not a big issue for teenagers. They just have mood swings caused by hormonal fluctuations and act out due to a desire for attention.
- Myth: Nothing can be done to protect people from developing mental health conditions. Fact: Many factors can protect people from developing mental health conditions, including strengthening social and emotional skills, seeking help and support early on, developing supportive, loving, warm family relationships, and having a positive school environment and healthy sleep patterns.
Are people with mental health problems dangerous? Some people think there is an automatic link between mental health problems and being a danger to others. This is an idea that is reinforced by sensationalised stories in the media. However, the most common mental health problems have no significant link to violent behaviour.
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- A child with a psychiatric disorder is damaged for life. A psychiatric disorder is by no means an indication of a child’s potential for future happiness and fulfillment.
- Psychiatric problems result from personal weakness. It can be difficult to separate the symptoms of a child’s psychiatric disorder — impulsive behavior, aggressiveness, or extreme anxiety, for example — from a child’s character.
- Psychiatric disorders result from bad parenting. While a child’s home environment and relationships with his parents can exacerbate a psychiatric disorder, these things don’t cause the disorder.
- A child can manage a psychiatric disorder through willpower. A disorder is not mild anxiety or a dip in mood. It is severe distress and dysfunction that can affect all areas of a child’s life.
Feb 6, 2017 · Below are a few of the most common myths. Myth: Children don’t experience mental health problems. They are either moody or “going through a stage.”. Fact: While there is some crossover between symptoms of mental health disorders and the stages of pre-adult development, a parent should not assume that “moodiness” or other signs of ...
Jul 19, 2021 · Attention seeking, violent and unpredictable. These are some unfortunately common misconceptions about young people with mental health issues. Clare, one of our emotional health and well-being practitioners, tells us why they're not true and how we can all be more supportive to young people who are battling mental heath. 19 July 2021.
Nearly one-third of 16-24 year olds in the UK (31%) reported some evidence of depression or anxiety in 2017 to 2018. This is; up from the previous year (26%) and the same period five years earlier (26%). Young people in the lowest income bracket are 4.5 times more likely to experience severe mental health problems than those in the highest ...
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Some common myths & facts of mental health. MYTH. “If it runs in your family, there’s nothing you can do.”. FACT. Genes aren’t destiny. Lots of studies on identical twins (who share the same genes) have shown that lifestyle factors can prevent and help treat mental health issues. We know from these studies that genes account for ...
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