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Why is Mental Health Awareness Important?

What is a Stigma? Stigmas about Mental Disorders

What do people look like? How do we talk


about it? How do we think about it?
How does the media portray mental health illness?

Here are some images of real people who


experience a mental illness from left to right.
These are some celebrities who have
experienced a mental illness. Catherine Zeta
Jones (bipolar disorder), swimmer Michael
Phelps (ADHD), singer Demi Lovato (bipolar
disorder, eating disorder), football wide
receiver Brandon Marshall (borderline
personality disorder), singer Sheryl Crow
(depression), and former president Abe Lincoln
(depression).

Some of the main groups of mental 


disorders are: 
● mood d ​ isorders​ (such as 
depression or bipolar ​disorder​) 
● anxiety ​disorders​. 
● personality ​disorders​. 
● psychotic ​disorders​ (such as 
schizophrenia) 
● eating ​disorders​. 
● trauma-related d ​ isorders​ (such 
as post-traumatic stress d ​ isorder​) 
● substance abuse ​disorders​. 
What is self-care?
What I learned? Write five things you learned about mental health.

What can I do to practice self-care?

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