Many groups of people have experienced disenfranchisement over the years. Some groups included people suffering in political prisons for elder abuse around the world. The mentally ill are part of this large group of people. Mental illness is any illness of the mind as well as the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems severe enough to require psychiatric intervention. People with different mental disorders receive different types of medical care, receive different treatments from ordinary people, and are admitted to hospitals, which is like “living in hell”. (NY Daily News). Today, people with different mental disorders receive various types of medical care. It requires ongoing treatment, and most of the progress has been made in the last two decades. Many conditions can be treated with many variant treatments. One is medication and can be treated with pills taken every day 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 what they feel and learn about how other people feel similar things. There are specific therapies that deal with how to control and change behavior patterns. Art, music and play therapies help the person by getting them into something creative and help them understand how to find a place to go and forget about certain things. Fortunately, if the problem is diagnosed early and treated appropriately, the person can fully recover or successfully control any symptoms experienced. It is proven that 8 out of 10 people who suffer...... middle of paper...... - Can mental illness be prevented? - MedicineNet." MedicineNet. Np, nd Web. December 9, 2013. "Symptoms, causes, 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. December 10, 2013. MJ "Decriminalizing Mental Illness TIME." com, August 8, 2007. Web. 2013. .