Mental Health And Mental Disorders

“Mental health is defined as a state of wellbeing in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community” (Mayoclinic, 2012)

A mental disorder is a disease that can cause mild to severe disturbances or impairments in behavior or mental wellbeing. These effects may result in the inability of the individual to effectively cope with the demands and pressures of everyday life. There are more than 200 types of different mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia, among many others. However, in this paper the main focus will be placed on depression and anxiety.

Who says you cannot bring the light to mental illness through comedy? So many of us think joking about mental illness can be demeaning to those who suffer from them. Although there are ways, you can help a person get through their struggles with the mental health issues they face, but do we ever ask ourselves the questions we necessarily need to know when it comes to helping someone with a mental illness. Is sarcasm, bad? Is it meant to demean others? Sarcasm can present itself as hostility and insecurity which becomes disguised as humor. When someone is seemingly receiving sarcastic comments or phrases, they feel to be put down and feels as if the person stating these remarks is a jerk. When saying a sarcastic joke has at someone who

Constantly, the issue of mental illness is ignored. It can affect just about anyone, this includes those below the poverty line. The article, “Scaling Up Mental Health Care” mentions how one in ten people are suffering from mental illness at any time. Mental illnesses can keep individuals from obtaining or maintaining a job, which can keep them below the poverty line. David Shipler wrote the novel, The Working Poor: Invisible in America, but he is culpable for completely skipping over the topic of mental illness which is a topic that needs to be properly addressed as disorders such as depression and anxiety is not as easy to treat.

In today’s society mental health has become something that is much more known to individuals and their families. Mental health is something that is as serious as a physical illness but it is still feared and misunderstood by many people including those who are diagnosed with mental illness (Stuart, 2012). Though you cannot see mental illness physically it inside the body and mind and can do just as much damage, if not more. There are many forms of mental illness that include; anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and phobias and panic disorders. Many individuals with mental health seek help from doctors, nurses and therapist to help overcome the challenges of mental illness (Stuart, 2013). Dealing with a mental health issue is hard enough as it is because many people misunderstand them and they carry a stigma with the mental illness that needs to be overcome by the individual. For those newly diagnosed medications are given to help improve the psychosis, hallucinations and major depressive disorder with great success, but for many the medication that is given has a side effect that makes the patient gain large amounts of weight throughout treatment (Kabinoff, Toalson,Masure,Healey,Mcquire & Hay., 2003). Not only are you dealing with stress from being diagnosed with a mental illness and learning to cope but now you are also given the stress of caring extra weight around and having people judge you because of

There are a wide array of mental illness one could have: Eating Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Personality Disorders, Addiction Disorders, and many more. These illnesses can obviously injure a person’s mental/ psychological state as it makes a more person more pessimistic It leads their minds to a more dark and gloomy path, pushing them towards negative thoughts/emotions. When someone experiences a mental illness, there is a usually a noticeable change within their behaviour and mindset. Depending on the person, the impact of a mental illness is visible for the rest to witness. Additionally, there are statistics which further push the existence of mental illnesses. For instance, the CMHA revealed that young with mental disorders was the second most hospital care expenditure in this nation. If not treated immediately, these mental illnesses will damage oneself and the people around

Mental Illness refers to a wide range of conditions or disorders that impact your mood, behavior and thinking. In the United States, more than 26.2 percent of adults, ages 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder. That is one in every four adults, an estimated 57.7 million people (Kim Foundation). However, only 6 percent of people with mental disorders suffer from serious mental illness which is results in serious functional impairment, and interferes with or limits one or more major life activities (NIH, 2012). Mental illness range from depression, attention deficit disorder, schizophrenia, and even autism and these disorders range on the spectrum of intrusion in a person’s life.

When people are mentally ill, they suffer social stigma, have higher health costs, and are at an increased risk of becoming poor. Every one out of five Americans is diagnosed with a mental illness. That 20 percent of the population can negatively influence the normal stresses of life, working productively and fruitfully, and being able to make a contribution the community. When humankind as a whole cannot recognize that mental illness is a serious issue, there is more harm being done than good. Any kind of mental illness can be caused merely by society, but also can worsen due to humanity not understanding how injustice can make a serious impact. The mental health problems that people face can be limited to society learning about the injustice of these illnesses.

Before studying mental health, I thought that mental illness cannot be recovered fully. It can only be controlled because whenever mental illness topic used to discuss, stress was one and only topic which comes on my mind. According to Jorm, Barney, Christensen, Highet, Kelly, and Kitchener (2006), there is a huge gap in people and professionals, people are not believing in the treatment of mental illness. However, mental illness can be recovered with proper counselling, guidance and treatment (Stanton, Tooth, and Champ, 2017). Mental illness can be caused by different factors such as work pressure, ethnic group, intellectual disability, economic and social status, immoral

Mental illness is a condition that exists in our society more than people think. There are different types of mental illnesses and each condition affects people differently. Mental illnesses can be treated with medication, therapy and sometimes other methods that can be more extreme like shock therapy. Sometimes people are treated in a hospital and sometimes people can stay at home and get treated by their family doctor, Psychiatrist and/or therapist. Mental illness not only affects the people who have the condition. It also affects that person’s family and friends. One

Mental health. Mental health is a facet of health that has historically been associated with negative stigmas. Stigmas such as: “he’s weak”, “she’s dramatic” or “they’re faking it to get attention”. These views became so deeply rooted in the minds of many that they became truths as opposed to opinions. Unfortunately, such opinions have led to life difficulties, up to and including death. These difficulties were due to people feeling that their problem would not be taken seriously or that no one would understand or care about their issue or concern. Thankfully, in recent times there has been a large push to end the stigmas surrounding mental health. These movements have positively affected colleagues and friends, as well as, myself. These movements

1.Prevalence is the number of cases of disease in a given population and is defined with epidemiological data. Mental health is a person’s psychological well-being. Associated diseases have become increasingly prevalent in Australia over the past decade, with a recent advertisement by the ABC highlighting that 50% of Australians will experience a mental illness. Mental illness is responsible for the third largest burden of disease in Australia, making it a priority.

Mentally disordered women that are incarcerated have different needs than their male counterparts do. According to Sun (2010) research done by the Bureau of Justice Statistics show that there are an increasing number of mentally disordered inmates in correctional facilities. Although the plight of mentally disordered women in prisons in no better than that of their male counterparts, harsher sentences, especially drug offenses cause overcrowding in women’s prisons. These inmates are a diverse group with a wide range of treatment needs. In many occasions these inmates have more than one diagnosis as evidenced by research. Research indicates that many women going into correctional facilities not only have substance abuse problems but mental disorders as well. They are also more susceptible to environmental stressors. Overcrowding and noise, can aggravate existing mental disorders or hasten the development of new ones (Sun, 2010). According to Stuart, Wormer, and Bartollas, (2011) in the general population, women with substance use disorders are more likely to have mental disorders compared with their male counterparts. The most common disorders in these women are posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics 2006 special report on mental health problems among prison and jail inmates, female inmates reported higher rates of mental health problems than male inmates in state prisons. Major depression and

Mental health is described as a state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life. The impairment of behaviour in psychological and interpersonal disciplines in daily life are some of the aspects that are more likely to be considered as a sign of abnormality. Another aspect of abnormality in society is that when a person contrast in behaviour and intelligence from the majority of people, wether good or bad, is classed under an abnormal behaviour, it is also known as statistical infrequency. One of the well known case emerged in USA, where 58 year old man from USA, ‘remembers up to half the days of his own life in shockingly vivid detail’(The Telegraph). He was diagnosed with a condition called hyperthymestia, meaning overdeveloped memory. This rare condition is only discovered in just four people around the world. Another aspect of measuring mental health is deviation from social norms and cultural relativism. For example, homosexuality is still considered as a mental illness or abnormal behaviour in most of the countries, including India and Africa.

Mental disorders are a resultant of different problems associated with the brain and each problem has various symptoms. These disorders of the brain are normally characterized by different factors that are combined such as emotions, relationships, behavior and abnormal thoughts. There are many reason why mental disorders affect people which include reasons such as family history and genes, life pressures and habits for example drug abuse history, stress, biological reasons, a brain injury that may have been traumatic, in case a mother has been exposed to toxic chemicals or viruses while she was pregnant with a child, even cancer may lead to some probability of having mental disorders. All these factors may lead to a person having or developing mental disorders in life. Some examples of mental disorders include drug abuse disorders, bipolar disorders or depression disorders, schizophrenia, intellectual disorders and disabilities and many others. For some of the mental disorders that people get, there could be remedies such as counseling and medications that may actually help a person to become better (World Health Organization, 2016).