What is Mental Illness

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Mental illness, also called a mental disorder, is a heath condition characterized by change sin thinking, mood, behavior or some combination of the three. This condition is associated with distress and/or a lessened ability to function. A mental disorder can lead to pain, disability, and an important loss of freedom or even death.

What Causes Mental Illness?

People can develop a mental illness for a number of reasons. These include genetic factors, general medical conditions, medication, the use of alcohol and street drugs and other influences such as diet and exercise.

A mental illness may also stem from psychological “scars” from the past, cultural influences and stress or emotional trauma. Many times, more than one of these factors plays a role in causing a mental illness.

Research in recent years has uncovered important clues into the way the brain works that may tie some of these causes together. However, research has not yet shown why, when tow individuals go through similar traumas, one may develop a mental illness and the other does not.

No one is immune from mental illness. These diseases can occur in people of all ages, races and religions. Males and well as female can develop a mental illness.

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