Fact or Fiction

One person in every 100 persons develops schizophrenia.

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A person who has one or both parents with mental illness is more likely to develop mental illness.

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Mental illness is contagious.

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Mental illness tends to begin during adolescence.

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Poor parenting causes schizophrenia.

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Mental illness can be cured with willpower.

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People with mental illness never get better.

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People with mental illness tend to be violent.

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All homeless people are mentally ill

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Developmental disabilities are a form of mental illness.

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• Fiction