There are various cases when adults find out they have a mental illness later in life rather than finding out whenever they are younger. This is why we should start to implement check-ups for mental health. Finding out you have a mental illness earlier in life can help manage your life easier if you know what you have. It’s similar to having a common cold, many people who don’t treat their sickness until it worsens. Same effect with mental health, if we don’t start taking these precautions, it might worsen to a point we might not be able to help someone.

Crucial Step in Mental Health Screening

 A mental health screening is a standard set of questions that a person answers to help their doctor check for signs of disorder. Taking a screening can help early detection and can help catch mental illness like depression and anxiety. By taking this screening you can also help prevent the progression of your mental illness especially when it’s at its mild point. If they can catch these illnesses before they develop you could try to prevent its strong hold that it may have on you so that you can live your life to the fullest. 

Things to Focus on When Taking a Screening

1. Focus. Focus on yourself to be able to catch these feelings so that whenever you talk to your doctor you know what you’re going to talk about.

2. Be honest although it may be hard to express yourself, it’s best to answer the questions with full honesty so that you can get the help you need.

3. Be patient, many mental health disorders can be complicated which means these things aren’t going to change overnight but will need you to try your hardest to better yourself.

Normalizing Mental Health

Many people just believe that mental illness is a sign of weakness and that we can just easily “snap out of it”. But instead of making people feel ashamed or make them feel that they should hide what’s going on with them, we should try to normalize it. What I mean by this is there are still so many people who believe this is a “phase” rather than it being a bigger issue.

Your mental illness is connected to your physical health. Therefore if you don’t take care of your mental health it can also lead to a decline in your physical health. Anxiety and depression can be linked to an increased risk for developing chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. Mental health is usually overlooked by academics or athletics. The mental health crisis is gradually increasing rather than decreasing with time passing. Half of all mental illness begin to show symptoms by age 14.