MENTAL ILLNESS

MENTALLY HEALTHY FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THEMSELVES-NOT OVERWHELMED BY OWN FEELINGS-EXPERIENCE ALL OF HUMAN EMOTIONS-BUT ARE NOT OVERCOME BY THEM-ACCEPT DISAPPOINTMENT IN STRIDE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH OTHER PEOPLE-ABLE TO GIVE AND RECEIVE LOVE-HAVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE SATISFYING AND LASTING ARE ABLE TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF LIFE-RESPOND TO PROBLEMS-ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE SETTING REACHABLE GOALS

MENTAL DISORDERS A PERSON IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE A MENTAL DISORDER WHEN THE CHANGES IN HOW A PERSON PERCEIVES, THINKS AND FEELS BEGINS TO INTERFERE SERIOUSLY WITH HIS OR HER DAILY LIFE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A MENTAL DISORDER MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE ROUTINE DECISIONS-SUCH AS WHAT TO HAVE FOR BREAKFAST OR WHAT TO WEAR THEY MAY WITHDRAW FROM THOSE WHO ARE CLOSE TO THEM, FEEL DISCONNECTED AND UNABLE TO FORM NEW RELATIONSHIPS

MENTAL ILLNESS MENTAL ILLNESS IS A DISTURBANCE IN THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS THAT DECREASES A PERSON’S CAPACITY TO COPE WITH CHALLENGES OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

FACTORS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS CHEMICAL IMBALANCE SUBSTANCE USE TRAUMATIC LIFE EVENTS HEREDITY OTHER ILLNESS

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MENTAL HEALTH FACTORS INTERNAL FACTORS : GENETIC, HORMONAL, PHYSICAL, NEUROLOGICAL, PHYSICAL FITNESS, INTERPERSONAL EXTERNAL FACTORS : FAMILY INFLUENCES(PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL ABUSE), DRUG/ALCOHOL ABUSE, DIETARY DEPRIVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS(CRIME, UNEMPLOYMENT, ROLE MODELS), LACK OF AVAILABLE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS

WHAT IS STIGMA A MARK OR SIGN OF DISGRACE OR DISCREDIT A VISIBLE SIGN OR CHARACTERISTIC OF A DISEASE A DISTINGUISHING MARK OR CHARACTERISTIC OF A BAD OR OBJECTIONABLE KIND

TERMS RELATED TO STIGMA STEREOTYPE: A PERSON OR THING THAT CONFORMS TO AN UNJUSTIFIABLY FIXED IMPRESSION OR ATTITUDE PREJUDICE: A PRECONCEIVED OPINION DISCRIMINATION: UNFAVOURABLE TREATMENT BASED ON PREJUDICE

MOOD DISORDERS MOOD DISORDERS REFER TO BIOCHEMICAL IMBALANCES THAT CAUSE PERSISITENT CHANGES IN A PERSON’S MOOD, BEHAVIOR AND FEELINGS, FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME AND WHICH INTERFERE WITH THEIR EVERYDAY LIVING EXAMPLES: MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER BIPOLAR DISORDER SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER

ANXIETY DISORDERS AN ANXIETY DISORDER IS WHEN THIS ANXIOUS FEELING PERSISTS, AND IS COMBINED WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS AND INTERFERES WITH NORMAL EVERYDAY FUNCTIONING

ANXIETY DISORDERS GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER PANIC DISORDER OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER PHOBIAS SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER

PERSONALITY DISORDERS PERSONALITY DISORDERS ARE AN ENDURING PATTERN OF INNER EXPERIENCE AND BEHAVIOUR THAT DEVIATES MARKEDLY FROM THE INDIVIDUALS CULTURE, IS PERVASIVE AND INFLEXIBLE, HAS AN ONSET IN ADOLESCENCE OR EARLY ADULTHOOD, IS STABLE OVER TIME AND LEADS TO DISTRESS OR IMPAIRMENT

PERSONALITY DISORDERS PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER (PD) SCHIZOID PDAVOIDANT PD HISTRIONIC PDSCHIZOTYPAL PD NARCISSISTIC PD DEPENDENT PD ANTISOCIAL PD BORDERLINE PD

PSYCHOSIS SCHIZOPHRENIA IS A THOUGHT DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY A HISTORY OF ACUTE PSYCHOSIS, AND CHRONIC DETERIORATION OF FUNCTIONING, LASTING FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. IT IS THOUGHT TO BE CAUSED BY CHANGES IN BRAIN CHEMISTRY, STRUCTURE, AND/OR GENETICS, WHICH AFFECTS THINKING, PERCEPTION, MOOD AND BEHVIOUR

EATING DISORDERS A RANGE OF CONDITIONS INVOLVING AN OBSESSION WITH FOOD, WEIGHT AND APPEARANCE THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS A PERSONS HEALTH, RELATIONSHIPS AND DAILY LIFE ANOREXIA BULEMIA