Mental Illness
According the National Alliance on Mental Illness (2016), 1 in 5 adults will experience mental illness each year–that’s 20% of the American population. Examples of mental illness include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and schizophrenia. Like other chronic conditions, mental illnesses are marked by behavioral and biological components.
For your initial post, address the following:
Pick a mental illness and briefly describe it. Briefly describe PTSD
Describe both the behavioral and biological components of the disease. What treatment options exist for each component of the disease?
Describe both the behavioral and biological components of the disease. What treatment options exist for each component of the disease?
