starting psyche

This week we just transitioned into psyche/mental health class.  So far the class is pretty cool. Honestly, I was a bit apprehensive about it because I was not sure what to expect.  On the first day of class, that apprehension soon went away as the professor starting lecturing and I could actually comprehend what she was talking about.  This is not my first experience with mental health because I took a mental health course maybe 2 or so years ago.  When I took that class, it primarily focused on mental illnesses and we had numerous speakers come to our class to talk about variations populations including adolescence that suffer from mental illnesses such as depression.  It honestly broke my heart to learn that children as young as 5 years ago living in rural areas tend to suffer from depression and other issues because of what they see on a regular basis and sometimes even because of what they have gone through (i.e. rape/molestation, neglect, physical abuse, etc.).  I really looking forward to learning more about mental health and ways to help those suffering with various mental illnesses because from what I am reading, there are more people suffering than what we want to believe.