1. Myths & Facts True or False?

2. There's no hope for people with mental illnesses.

3. True or False? I can't do anything for a person with mental illness.

4. True or False? People with mental illnesses are violent and unpredictable.

5. True or False? Mental illnesses don't affect me.

6. True or False? Mental illness is the same as mental retardation.

7. True or False? Mental illnesses are brought on by a weakness of character.

8. True or False? Once people develop mental illnesses, they will never recover.

9. True or False? Children don't experience mental illnesses. Their actions are just products of bad parenting.

10. True or False People who talk about suicide usually don’t kill themselves

11. True or False There’s really nothing you can do to help someone who’s truly suicidal

12. True or False Discussing suicide may cause someone to consider it or make things worse

13. True or False? People with mental illness have hopes and dreams and they are regular people like you and me; people who – through no fault of their own - just got sick.

14. References: United States Department of Health and Human Services: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Myths & Facts, 2010. http://www.samhsa.gov Crisis Link, 2010. http://www.crisislink.org/resources/suicide/suicide_myths.htmlhttp://www.samhsa.gov http://www.crisislink.org/resources/suicide/suicide_myths.html