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Highmark March Plan for Health

Highmark March Plan for Health

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Mental health and mental illness are often used interchangeably, but they are different. Someone can experience poor mental health but never be diagnosed with a mental illness. On the flip side, someone diagnosed with a mental illness can experience periods of physical, mental, and social well-being. More than 50% of people in the United States will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder at some point in their life and there are more than 200 types of mental illness.

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