Because many people in Taiwan know little about mental disorders, when they experience symptoms of depression such as insomnia, loss of appetite, and excessive fatigue, they often take them to be common physiological problems, and waste much mental and physical energy in cardiology, gastroenterology, and other hospital departments, but fail to seek psychiatric help.
由於國內不少民眾對精神疾病認識不足，當出現失眠、胃口不佳、過度疲累等憂鬱徵兆時，往往只當成一般的生理問題，浪費許多心力在心臟科、腸胃科等非精神科間四處求診。