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* Bi-Polar Depression Suicide Attempt Bulimia Depression * Depression ADHD Bi-Polar Bi-Polar Depression * Darwin - Agoraphobia Lincoln - Depression Munch - Panic Disorder Churchill - Bipolar Beethoven - Bipolar Michelangelo - Autism * *46 per cent of Canadians think the term "mental illness" is used as an excuse for poor behaviour and personal failings. *1 in 10 Canadians think that people with mental illness could "just snap out of it if they wanted." *1 in 4 Canadians is afraid of being around someone who suffers from serious mental illness. *1 in 9 Canadians think depression is not a mental illness, and one in two think it is not a serious condition. *Statistics show that one in every five Canadians will have a mental health problem at some point in their lives *-Stats Canada * *Prehistoric times – MI was result of evil spirits *Treatment involved spells and trepanation *Trepanation – drilling a hole through skull to allow evil spirits to escape. 90% survival rate. Practiced as far back as 10000 ya *Ancient Greece and Rome – believed MI came from environment. In Rome, public funding for treatment of sick * *Middle Ages – Superstition returned. MI people were possessed by witches and spirits or werewolves *Treatment – exorcisms *15th Century to 18th Century – Mental institutions and asylums. Bethlem (London) was 1st . *Focused on keeping ill people away from society *Abuse and suffering common * *Early 20th Century – Freud and peers attempt to explain MI. WWI – shellshock and emotional disorders *1950s – Brutal treatments with brain *Lobotomy – nerve fibers in brain are cut. Symptoms disappear but patient remains apathetic and childlike * *1960s – present – Deinstitutionalisation *Medication and therapy used to treat MI *Most people able to become productive members of society but many require further care