Many groups of people have been disenfranchised over the years. Some groups included people suffering in political prisons from elder abuse around the world. The mentally ill are part of this large group of people. Mental illness is any mental illness as well as the psychological state of a person who has emotional or behavioral problems severe enough to require psychiatric intervention. People with different mental disorders receive different types of medical care, different treatments from ordinary people, and are hospitalized, which is equivalent to "living in hell." (NY Daily News). Today, people with different mental disorders receive different types of medical care. This requires ongoing treatment and the majority of progress has been made over the past two decades. Many conditions can be treated with many variations of treatments. One is a medication and can be treated with pills taken daily to help control certain conditions. Psychotherapy is work done with another person that focuses primarily on the mind. Group therapy is almost the same as psychotherapy, but with a group of other mentally ill people and allows the individual to share how they feel and learn how other people feel similar things. There are specific therapies that deal with how to control and modify behaviors. Art, music and play therapies help the person by putting them into something creative and help them find a place to go and forget about things. Fortunately, if the problem is diagnosed early and treated properly, the person can make a full recovery or successfully control any symptoms they had. It is proven that 8 out of 10 people suffer... middle of paper ...... - Can mental illness be prevented? - MedicineNet." MedicineNet. Np, nd Web. December 9, 2013. "Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment of Mental Illness - What is the Prognosis for People with Mental Illness? - MedicineNet." MedicineNet. Ed. Joseph Goldberg, MD. Np, nd Web. December 9, 2013. .Mikhaylenko, Kate. Glossed. Np:np, 2012. Print. Sandler, Tim. "TODAY.com." TODAY . com. NBC NEWS, August 29, 2008. Web, December 12, 2013. .Saul, Michael “Like Living in Hell”” NY Daily News, May 7, 2007. Web “Decriminalizing Mental Illness” TIME.com, 8. August 2007. Web, December 12.. 2013. .