Items Tagged With “Myths”

Misconceptions about mental illness are pervasive, and the lack of understanding can have serious consequences for millions of people who have a psychiatric illness, according to the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD). 

Myth 1:  A woman of childbearing age is no more vulnerable to depression than at any other time in her life.
False.  Women, who are twice as likely as men to be clinically depressed at some point in life, are most vulnerable to depression during their childbearing years.1