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    Overview of Mental Health Care
    • Overview of Mental Illness
      • What is mental illness?
        • What are the types of mental illness?
      • What causes mental illness?
      • What are the symptoms of mental illness?
      • How can doctors tell if someone has mental illness?
      • How do doctors treat mental illness?
    • Treatment of Mental Illness
      • How do doctors treat mental illness?
        • What medicines are used for mental illness?
        • What is psychotherapy?
        • What is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?
      • What types of doctors treat mental illness?
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