Anyone can have a mental illness, regardless of age, sex, race, sex or income. Mental illness is more common than cancer, diabetes, heart disease or AIDS. It is believed that one in five adults and children diagnosed with a mental disorder is a life.and in all 10 young people 9 years of age or older of serious emotional disorder interferes with a strong day from four families have a member with mental illness has. Children who develop depression, which often have a family history of disease, often a parent who had depression at an early age. Untreated mental health problems can lead to suicide, the sixth leading cause of death for 5 – to 14-year-old is. An estimated two thirds of all young people with mental health problems are not always the help need.It is important to remember that mental disorders occur at any age but most often appears for the first time in aged 25 and 44 With proper treatment most people with a mental illness can return to normal productive life, and almost everyone gets some benefit from treatment.
The causes of mental illness are complex. Mental disorders in children and adolescents who are most often caused by biology and environment. Examples of biological causes are genetics, chemical imbalances in the body caused by genetics, lack of sleep or poor nutrition, or damage to the central nervous system, such as a head injury, lack of oxygen at birth and disturbances of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum. Many environmental factors also put young people at risk of developing mental disorders. Examples including exposure to environmental toxins, such as high levels of lead are exposed to violence as witnesses or victims of physical or sexual abuse, drive-by shootings, robberies or other disasters, stress, chronic poverty, discrimination, or other serious diseases and the loss of important people through death, divorce or broken relationships.
The following six preventive services are recommended and can be a clinic, a church, library or community center out of the local community:
1. Prenatal and home visits or support groups to children.
2. Cessation education and counseling targeted to smokers, especially those who are pregnant.

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