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As we conclude the series on mental health, we want to leave readers with a positive outlook. Although there is no cure, mentally ill individuals can lead productive lives.Marion Santana, office manager for College Community Services, is in an excellent position to notice that an absence of compassion can be destructive. Santana wrote, “Because of a lack of education or understanding of the many different mental illnesses and their symptoms, it is not uncommon for a person suffering from a mental illness to be perceived as strange, dangerous or discounted as a productive member of society. This perception negatively impacts the mentally ill by perpetuating a stigma that so often is the barrier to seeking treatment. “Often a person’s own discomfort with the possibility of being diagnosed as mentally ill can prevent them from addressing their own symptoms. Without treatment some mental illnesses can become severely destructive to the individual and their...
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