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Question
Explain in your own words the hurdles to receiving treatment for mental illness.
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Solution
Some of the hurdles to receiving treatment for mental illness:
- Lack of knowledge
- Lack of awareness
- Cost of treatment
- Non-medical explanations for mental illness like evil spirits, black magic, etc.
- Shortage of trained mental health professionals
- Unwillingness of the individual and the family members to get treatment due to stigma
- Untrained individuals giving wrong advice
- Slow improvement in the individual's behaviour
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