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Why is Treating Mental Health Issues Just

as Important as Your Physical Health?

Friday, 24 January 2014 13:00

Written by Family Guidance Center

It is common practice to treat cold or flu symptoms. The options for Vitamin C supplements, cough drops and preventative flu shots are widely available. What about mental illness, do people treat it like their physical health and seek out treatment? Approximately one in every four adults in the United States has symptoms of a mental illness yet many don’t seek the help they need.

There are many studies that prove taking care of your mental health is just as important as your physical health. Think of it this way: We go to annual checkups with our family physician, our dentist and our ophthalmologists, so why don’t we routinely check up on our mental health as well?

One reason to take care of your mental health is because it leads to better physical health. A study conducted in 2012 found that among those individuals who have a mental illness, most do less for their physical health than those who do not have a mental illness. Ultimately, their mental health has a direct, negative effect on their physical health.

Source : http://fgcnow.org/why-is-treating-mental-health-issues-just-as-important-as-your-physical-health/

Analysis:

1.    First Sentence : Simple Sentence

It is common practice to treat cold or flu symptoms.

·         S+to be+predicate+to infinitive+verb+noun+linking word +noun

·         Subject “it” refers to : Why is Treating Mental Health Issues Just as Important as Your Physical Health?

·         Lingking word (choice): “or”

2.    Second Sentence : Simple Sentence

The options for Vitamin C supplements, cough drops and preventative flu shots are widely available.

·         S+to be+Adverb+complement

·         Linking word (addition) : “and”

·         Preposition : “for”  

·      Object of preposition : “Vitamin C supplements, cough drops and preventative flu shots”

3.    Third Sentence : Simple Sentence

What about mental illness, do people treat it like their physical health and seek out treatment?

·         Do/does + subject + verb +object+comparison+possesive adjective +noun+ linking word+noun

·         “What about mental illness” : not a sentence (no subject, no verb),

·         “What” : a question word

·         “It” refers to : mental illness

·         Linking word (comparison) : “like”

4.    Fourth Sentence : Compound Sentence (two clauses)

Approximately one in every four adults in the United States has symptoms of a mental illness yet many don’t seek the help they need.

·         Clause 1: Adverb+S+have/has+object+preposition+object of preposition

·         Clause 2: S+don’t/doesn’t+verb+object+object complement

·         Coordinating conjunction : yet

5.    Fifth Sentence : Complex Sentence

There are many studies, that prove taking care of your mental health is just as important as your physical health.

·         S + to be + predicate + Linking word+ verb +participial phrase+noun+ preposition +possesive adjective +object of preposition +tobe+ adverb +as+adjective+as+Object

·         Linking word : “that”

·         Comparative degree : “as important as”

6.    Sixth Sentence : Compound Sentence

Think of it this way: We go to annual checkups with our family physician, our dentist and our ophthalmologists, so why don’t we routinely check up on our mental health as well?

·     Clause 1 : S+verb+to invinitive+object+linking word+possesive adjective +noun, possesive adjective+noun+linking word+ possesive adjective+noun

·        Clause 2 : Question word + don’t/doesn’t + S + adverb+ object + preposition + object of preposition+

·         Imperative sentence : “Think of it this way”

·         Linking word : “with, and”

·         Coordinating conjunction : “so”

7.    Seventh Sentence : Complex Sentence

One reason to take care of your mental health is because it leads to better physical health.

·         S+tobe+subordinative conjuction+S+verb s/es+to infinitive+object

·         “It” refers to : One reason to take care of your mental health

·         Subordinative conjunction (reason) : “because”

8.    Eighth Sentence : Complex Sentence

A study conducted in 2012 found that among those individuals who have a mental illness, most do less for their physical health than those who do not have a mental illness.

·         S+Verb2+linking word+preposition+S+Object+noun+conjunction+noun

·         “who” refers to : those individuals

·         “than” :  Conjunction for comparison

9.    Ninth Sentence : Simple Sentence

Ultimately, their mental health has a direct negative effect on their physical health.

·           Adverb+S+have/has+object+preposition+object of preposition

·           “ultimately” : conjunctive adverb