One in four families will have a member with a mental illness. Less than one-third of the children under age 18 with a serious disturbance receive any mental health services.
Depression is the third most common illness in the world.
Despite overwhelming evidence that mental illness is very extremely common, visit to a psychiatrist remains something of a mystery and a taboo. People are afraid to go to a psychiatrist because they feel that psychiatrists are strange people who do strange things. Well, nothing of the sort happens, psychiatrists employ scientifically proven therapies and not any witchcraft. Psychotherapy This is the most commonly used technique. The psychotherapy deals more with emotions and support in stress whereas cognitive therapy mainly works with your faulty beliefs.