People with strong support networks have a significantly better chance of recovery than those whose problems go undetected or are ignored or minimized. Given this, ensuring awareness and acceptance in communities, while enhancing people’s ability to identify potential mental-health problems in others and to provide help, is vitally important.
研究表明，一个人是否能得到专业帮助受来自亲近人群的鼓励和态度的影响很大。有强大支持网的人比问题未被发现或被忽略或不受重视的人恢复的机会大得多。因此，保证社区的警觉和接受，同时增强人们识别他人潜在心理健康问题并提供帮助的能力至关重要。