definition of Mental Health and mental illness
Answers
wide range of conditions that affect mood, thinking and behaviour.
MOST COMMON TYPES
Clinical depression
A mental health disorder characterised by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.
Anxiety disorder
A mental health disorder characterised by feelings of worry, anxiety or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities.
Bipolar disorder
A disorder associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs.
Dementia
A group of thinking and social symptoms that interferes with daily functioning.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
A chronic condition including attention difficulty, hyperactivity and impulsiveness.
Schizophrenia
A disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel and behave clearly.
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Excessive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviours (compulsions).
Autism
A serious developmental disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and interact.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
A disorder characterised by failure to recover after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event.
Explanation:
Mental health’ and ‘mental illness’ are increasingly being used as if they mean the same thing, but they do not. Everyone has mental health, just like everyone has health. As the World Health Organization famously says, “There is no health without mental health.” In the course of a lifetime, not all people will experience a mental illness, but everyone will struggle or have a challenge with their mental well-being (i.e., their mental health) just like we all have challenges with our physical well-being from time to time.
A mental illness is an illness the affects that way people think, feel, behave, or interact with others. There are many different mental illnesses, and they have different symptoms that impact peoples’ lives in different ways...
PLS MARK AS BRAINLIST