Written by Reem Sherif Zaki 20060349

Recovering from mental illness includes not only getting better but achieving a full and satisfying life. Many people affirm that their journey to recovery has not been a straight, steady road. Rather, there are ups and downs, new discoveries, and setbacks,

My verdict:

is that this is not true, it may be understandable that some people do not fully recover, and some people live a lifetime of mental illness and this may be the reason of such a false claim, and maybe because there is not a certain cure for mental illnesses that people say such a claim but there are effective ways to help treat mental illnesses

Source:https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/medical-myths-mental-health-misconceptions#6.-Mental-health-problems-are-permanent

By Tim Newman on October 5, 2020

Context:

a lot of rumors regarding mental illnesses and mental health problems spread and many people follow these rumors due to their lack of knowledge and ignorance towards this topic.

The facts: Each year in the United States, an estimated 1 in 6 youth experience a mental illness. Even more adults – about 20% in the U.S. – are affected. However, these “invisible illnesses” often go undetected and, therefore, untreated. This can lead to exacerbated symptoms, carried through to adulthood, and lead to long-term effects.

Mental Health America reports that over half of adults with a mental illness do not receive treatment. While this statistic is not available for youth, it is reported that over 60 percent of youth battling depression do not receive treatment, either. These untreated conditions, again, can lead to detrimental and long-term effects on each person’s health.

Extraordinary advances have been made in the treatment of mental illness. As a result, many mental health disorders can now be treated nearly as successfully as physical disorders.
Most treatment methods for mental health disorders can be categorized as either Somatic treatments include drugs, electroconvulsive therapy, and other therapies that stimulate the brain (such as transcranial magnetic stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation).

Psychotherapeutic treatments include psychotherapy (individual, group, or family and marital), behavior therapy techniques (such as relaxation training or exposure therapy), and hypnotherapy.
Most studies suggest that for major mental health disorders, a treatment approach involving both drugs and psychotherapy is more effective than either treatment method used alone.

Psychiatrists are not the only mental health care practitioners trained to treat mental illness. Others include clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and social workers. However, psychiatrists (and psychiatric nurse practitioners in some states) are the only mental health care practitioners licensed to prescribe drugs. Other mental health care practitioners practice psychotherapy primarily. Many primary care doctors and other types of doctors also prescribe drugs to treat mental health disorders.

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Fact checking websites and videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNl6Eu3J80s
https://power2u.org/people-can-fully-recover-from-mental-illness-it-is-not-a-life-long-process/
https://www.msdmanuals.com/home/mental-health-disorders/overview-of-mental-health-care/treatment-of-mental-illness
https://www.turnbridge.com/news-events/latest-articles/long-term-effects-of-untreated-mental-illness/#
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647297/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtN4UtK80y4

the verdict

mental health problems are not permanent, maybe some remain undiscovered and therefore untreated, but it’s proven that a lot have been treated from different mental illnesses, either by counseling or using drugs or therapy and many more other methods, and it just needs to be correctly treated