Mental illness and therapy

People often come into a psychology class with a lot of misconceptions about mental illness and therapy. Discuss some of the ideas you had about these topics before this course and how learning about these ideas has changed your way of thinking. So, for example, do you believe that therapy is effective or a waste of time? Or, do you believe mental illness is “real” or just a lack of moral character? Don’t feel limited to those questions. Simply discuss your thoughts about mental illness and therapy here and how those thoughts were influenced by what you read and learned in this section.