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Mental Health Critique

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News Critique of Mental Health
Post-traumatic stress disorder, caused by the exposure to traumatic events, is catching public eyesight of importance of public mental health, especially for minority population.
Essentially, the fact that mental illness is difficult to observe and to be diagnosed (compares to physical disease) leads the public to overlook that mental health is one of crucial part of well-being. As the multifactorial nature of disease, various traumatic events, such as war, catastrophes, sexual abuse and so on, could increase the risks of PTSD. However, expanding the definition of trauma only to racism of minority might cause reverse discrimination. Namely, it is counterproductive to protect minor population by creating new “minorities”.
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