Mental illness is a growing issue in today's world. More than half of the homeless people in America have some type of mental disease. This fact gets a lot of people thinking about questions like, what is the most dangerous mental illness today, what are the odds of getting these diseases, when do illnesses usually present themselves, and how does this affect us? Not a lot of people know about these mental illnesses and how scary they can be. For example, patients with schizophrenia have visual and auditory hallucinations, and patients with major cases of depression may commit suicide.
“Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are by far the most dangerous mental illnesses because of all the suicides they cause” (Lyman, 9/12). …show more content…
The more severe diseases such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and alzheimer's are a whole different story. They are often more physically and personally disabling, since they limit the patient’s ability to function on a day-to-day basis. These disorders don't come from tragic life events such as a divorce or death, although these may help provoke the disorders, they mainly come from the patient’s genetic makeup (Lyman, 9/12). Only 1 in 20 Americans get one of these more advanced illnesses, whereas 1 in 5 Americans are diagnosed with major depression (Mcleod, 9/12). This shows the significant difference in commonality of the different types of mental …show more content…
More than half of the population of homeless people have a mental illness. That may be why some of the homeless in your city seem “scary” and are often seen as looking at people “super creepily.” Having them on the streets also poses a big threat to society because they commit a lot of crime in the cities (Gov, 2011). One of the reasons there are so many homeless people with these disorders is because they can be very difficult to live with. Once they get diagnosed, or even before they get a formal diagnosis from a doctor, and their family realizes how hard it is to live with them, they kick them out in many cases (Mildinhall,
“Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are by far the most dangerous mental illnesses because of all the suicides they cause” (Lyman, 9/12). …show more content…
The more severe diseases such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and alzheimer's are a whole different story. They are often more physically and personally disabling, since they limit the patient’s ability to function on a day-to-day basis. These disorders don't come from tragic life events such as a divorce or death, although these may help provoke the disorders, they mainly come from the patient’s genetic makeup (Lyman, 9/12). Only 1 in 20 Americans get one of these more advanced illnesses, whereas 1 in 5 Americans are diagnosed with major depression (Mcleod, 9/12). This shows the significant difference in commonality of the different types of mental …show more content…
More than half of the population of homeless people have a mental illness. That may be why some of the homeless in your city seem “scary” and are often seen as looking at people “super creepily.” Having them on the streets also poses a big threat to society because they commit a lot of crime in the cities (Gov, 2011). One of the reasons there are so many homeless people with these disorders is because they can be very difficult to live with. Once they get diagnosed, or even before they get a formal diagnosis from a doctor, and their family realizes how hard it is to live with them, they kick them out in many cases (Mildinhall,