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- 2. For hundreds of years, doctors were diagnosing women with “__________” to explain away symptoms of other disorders, from endometriosis to mental health issues. It wasn’t until the late 20th century that people began to recognize and validate women’s mental health issues; as women began to challenge societal norms and centuries-old gender roles, women’s mental health awareness became a global talking point and physicians began to diagnose and treat these conditions with various therapies and medications.
- 4. ______ is not just a military man’s disease. Anyone can have _______. A sexual assault victim, a domestic abuse victim, a survivor of a natural disaster, someone who’s suffered a loss or even a person who did not face any violence or physical threats themselves directly, but happened to witness someone else who did (i.e. vicarious trauma).
- 5. Within the last few years, the U.S. has had an increase in mass violence. Whenever these tragedies take place, the media is quick to judge the suspects and label them as “mentally disturbed” or “mentally ill.” In reality, hate is not a __________ illness. Only 5% of violent crimes in the U.S. are committed by people with serious mental illness.
- 7. ____________ can affect a woman's emotions and moods in different ways throughout her lifetime. Sometimes the impact on mood can affect a woman's quality of life. This is true for most women. But women with a mental health condition may have other symptoms related to their menstrual cycles or menopause.
- 8. __________ disorder does not cause mood swings. It causes cycles that last for weeks or months. People so often throw around the term “___________” to describe the weather. When they say this, it downplays the seriousness of the condition and creates misinformation about what ____________ disorder actually is.
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- 1. More than just "baby blues," ___________ depression is a serious condition that affects one in nine women, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- 3. More than 1 in 5 women in the United States experienced a mental health condition in the past year, such as _________ or anxiety. Many mental health conditions, such as __________ and bipolar disorder, affect more women than men or affect women in different ways from men. Most serious mental health conditions cannot be cured. But they can be treated, so you can get better and live well.
- 6. A mental illness is a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others. If you have — or think you might have — a mental illness, the first thing you must know is that you are not __________. Mental health conditions are far more common than you think, mainly because people don’t like to, or are scared to, talk about them.