1. Bulimia Suicide Attempt Depression Bi-Polar Depression

2. ADHD Bi-Polar Depression

3. Lincoln - Depression Darwin - Agoraphobia Munch - Panic Disorder Churchill - Bipolar Michelangelo - Autism Beethoven - Bipolar

4. * 46 per cent of Canadians think the term "mental illness" is used as an excuse for poor behaviour and personal failings. * 1 in 10 Canadians think that people with mental illness could "just snap out of it if they wanted." * 1 in 4 Canadians is afraid of being around someone who suffers from serious mental illness. * 1 in 9 Canadians think depression is not a mental illness, and one in two think it is not a serious condition. * Statistics show that one in every five Canadians will have a mental health problem at some point in their lives * -Stats Canada

5. * Prehistoric times – MI was result of evil spirits * Treatment involved spells and trepanation * Trepanation – drilling a hole through skull to allow evil spirits to escape. 90% survival rate. Practiced as far back as 10000 ya * Ancient Greece and Rome – believed MI came from environment. In Rome, public funding for treatment of sick

6. * Middle Ages – Superstition returned. MI people were possessed by witches and spirits or werewolves * Treatment – exorcisms * 15 th Century to 18 th Century – Mental institutions and asylums. Bethlem (London) was 1 st. * Focused on keeping ill people away from society * Abuse and suffering common

7. * Early 20 th Century – Freud and peers attempt to explain MI. WWI – shellshock and emotional disorders * 1950s – Brutal treatments with brain * Lobotomy – nerve fibers in brain are cut. Symptoms disappear but patient remains apathetic and childlike

8. * 1960s – present – Deinstitutionalisation * Medication and therapy used to treat MI * Most people able to become productive members of society but many require further care