PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Canadian Mental Health Association, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Explanatory Style

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Gerald Goldberg, Miranda Di Lorenzo, Nikoo Norouzian, JongJin Kim, Eden Champagne

Document Summary

Are they dangerous? depends on how you define mental illness. How common are they? extremely common in today"s society. Symptoms differ for individuals so for some it"s not so easy to cure, but for others it is easier. Myths about mental illness (canadian mental health association) People with mental illness are poor and/or less intelligent. Many studies show that most mentally ill people have average or above-average intelligence. Mental illness, like physical illness, can affect anyone regardless of intelligence, social class or income level. Mental illness is caused by a personal weakness. A mental illness is not a character flaw. Mental illness is a single, rare disorder. Mental illness is not a single disease but a broad classification for many different disorders. Anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders, eating disorders and organic brain disorders can cause misery, tears and missed opportunities for thousands of canadians. People with mental disorders are, many times, not described accurately or.