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Myth: A mental illness is with you for life.
Fact: People can and do recover, just as they do from physical illness.

Myth: It couldn't happen to me.
Fact: It can affect anyone.

Myth: People with schizophrenia or another serious mental illness are often dangerous.
Fact: Patients with psychosis who are living in the community are 14 times more likely to be the victims of a violent crime than they are to be arrested for such a crime.

Myth: People with mental illness can't do demanding jobs.
Fact: Winston Churchill suffered from severe depression yet he led Britain to victory in the Second World War. On an everyday level, 85% of employers who took on people with mental illness reported being "very satisfied" according to research by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Myth: People with schizophrenia have multiple personalities.
Fact: This is rubbish but it probably came about because people with schizophrenia may sometimes hear voices.

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Source: Daily Mirror

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