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If our next generation is not mentally well, they won't be physically well, and their potential to positively impact our society will be impaired. Despite increased access to mental health resources, including counselling and treatment options, rates of mental health issues such as anxiety and depression continue to rise.
Why should individuals try to shoulder the psychological burden alone when it seems so heavy? If there is a physical illness, they don't wait for it to be severe before seeking care. However, people go to a psychiatrist or psychologist when their mental health condition is already serious, even when mental health services are available in primary care, i.e., community health centres (Puskesmas). Yet with early and effective mental health screening, diagnosis, and treatment, people with mental health conditions can improve, and many recover completely.
"Me Too" exposes some negative consequences of stigma, such as a reluctance to seek medical aid or treatment, a lack of understanding by family members, and fewer chances for social activities, and how to overcome them in a lower-middle-income country, promoting equality between physical and mental illness. Since there is no universal health coverage without mental health.
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