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By Mayo Clinic staff

There's no sure way to prevent mental illness. However, taking steps to control stress, to increase your resilience and to boost low self-esteem may help. Friendship and social support, especially in times of crisis, can help you weather rough spells. Also, treatment at the earliest sign of a problem can help prevent a mental illness from worsening. Long-term maintenance treatment also may help prevent a relapse of symptoms.

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Sept. 4, 2008

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