article_snippet.sent: Too often and for too long, people with mental illness have been regarded by others around people with mental illness as disasters waiting to happen.
article_snippet.sent: When we don't distinguish between people with a mental illness who are dangerous to society and those who are a danger to no one, we reinforce a pernicious idea that's both bad for society and bad for those with mental illness.
article_snippet.sent: Some people feel a need to keep Some people mental illness a secret while others decline to seek help.
article_snippet.sent: That's why in our public and more private discourse, people with mental illness and the rest of society must talk about mental illness in a way that doesn't drive some into the darkness.
article_snippet.sent: We need to understand this malady as an illness and not a personal failing.
article_snippet.sent: And We have to recognize that "mental illness" is a broad category encompassing many different challenges that affect people in a variety of ways.
article_snippet.sent: People with mental illness are no more violent than the rest of the population and with proper treatment, many can recover and live healthy, productive lives.
article_snippet.sent: We must encourage the rest of the population and with proper treatment to open up, and when the rest of the population and with proper treatment do, We must listen to the rest of the population and with proper treatment and take the rest of the population and with proper treatment cries for help seriously.
article_snippet.sent: That's the kind of transformation we need around perceptions of mental illness through a better-informed public discussion.
article_snippet.sent: We have to put policies in place that encourage more openness without the severe repercussions people with mental illness fear.
article_snippet.sent: That includes enforcing and even strengthening the kind of protections we already have in place (through laws and regulations like the Americans for Disabilities Act) for individuals who disclose individuals who disclose their disability disability.
article_snippet.sent: At the same time, we must reassure those who forthrightly reveal their struggles with mental illness that their can still carry on their lives in ways that will be valuable to their communities, families and employers.
article_snippet.sent: That can start with urging employers not to dismiss anyone who discloses his or her mental illness and to retrain anyone who discloses his or her mental illness for other appropriate positions.
article_snippet.sent: We need to build awareness and support for those who suffer from mental illness.
highlights_snippet.sent: Society must talk about mental illness to help people cope with it better .