Mental illnesses are biological brain disorders and include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder and personality disorder. The occurrence of mental illness is uniform in countries worldwide. In San Francisco, the county's mental health services treat about 20,000 people each year while many others have private insurance and countless more go untreated entirely. Brain disorders can affect people at any age - children, adolescents, adults and the elderly. Children are often misdiagnosed, but suffer the same illnesses.
Schizophrenia often strikes during adolescence.
Mental illness is treatable. 5214-F Diamond Heights Blvd.