Mental Health Awareness Week 2016 - Win A Fitbit

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The correct answer was 1 in 4.

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Many believe that people with schizophrenia are likely to commit violence – however, most people with schizophrenia do not commit violent crimes, and are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators. Similarly, there is a common misconception that schizophrenia leads people to have split personalities, when this is not the case. In reality, schizophrenia’s most common symptoms are hallucinations, delusions and hearing voices.

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The correct answer was 45%

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Research shows that up to 90% people with mental health problems experience some form of stigma, whether from friends and family, at work, in education or during treatment.

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Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik announced in 1998 that he was experiencing a depressive episode, and took three weeks of sick leave, before returning to office. Bondevik said he received thousands of supportive letters.

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About two thirds of people with mental health problems believe that long hours, unrealistic workloads or bad management either caused or exacerbated their condition.

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Churchill lived with depression that he described as his “black dog”.

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder is one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses - many people believe that OCD is a character trait that encourages cleanliness and order, and that everyone has it. In reality, it's a mental illness based on obsessions and compulsions that can have a serious impact on the people that experience it. Around 1% of the population will experience OCD.

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The correct answer is 12%. LawCare estimates that one in five lawyers will suffer from depression at some point in their lives.

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According to the Law Society's health and wellbeing report 2014, 96 per cent of solicitors said they experienced negative stress, with 19 per cent at 'severe' or 'extreme' levels, a slight increase from 16 per cent in 2013. Workload and client expectations were identified as the most common causes of stress in the Law Society's 2013 research.