Reaction Paragraph To "How Mental Health Difficulties Affect Children."

The article “How Mental Health Difficulties Affect Children” specifically states that Mental Health involves everybody. I agree that everyone has Mental Health, whether it is good or bad, because it definitely makes an impact on daily life. Mental Illness is a state of mind where someone has an emotional or behavioral problem; it affects 20% of Canadians. Mental Illness is caused by the connection between a person’s genetic, biological, personality and environmental traits. In my opinion Mental Health is going under the radar, because before this research I didn’t realize that so many people were being affected. And I’m sure my classmates were unaware of the underlying problem as well. I understand how Mental Health involves everybody, if it’s you being affected, or someone you know. However people that are not educated and have a Mental Illness will never know, and might be getting punished for behavioral problems. I don’t think that is right, and that is why Mental Health should be getting the credit it needs to become something that isn’t getting forgotten any time soon. The article clearly recognizes that “if Mental Illness in young people is not properly diagnosed and treated, it increases the likelihood of significant health issues for them as adults and greatly limits their ability to become productive members of society.” But if not everyone is aware of the different types and affects of Mental Illness then how are they supposed to help the people around them, or even themselves? In conclusion Mental Illness needs to be directly approached with positive reinforcement and knowledge.