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Mental illness is defined as being unpredictable or erratic. A person which suffers from mental illness usually displays this when asked to answer a question or concentrate on something specific. This person would not be able to do this. Uncle Nate
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as part of normal development or culture (from wikipedia)Someone who abuses someone is doing something culturally unacceptable to another person, or it wouldn't be classified as abuse. So they would have some mental disorder, at least until the normal development of culture changes.Based on the standards of 150 years ago, everyone suffers from mental disorder.
Just as some physical illness can be cured some mental illness can be cured as well
Usually mental illness cant be cured completely. but can be helped. it depends on how bad it is and on the person
Virtually all countries classified homosexuality as a mental illness at one point in their histories. Some still do.Virtually all countries classified homosexuality as a mental illness at one point in their histories. Some still do.
People sometimes confuse mental illness with malingering, a lack of willpower, and hypochondria. They may think that mental illness is weakness or something you can just "snap out of." Some fail to see mental illness as real. They may confuse mental illness with criminal behavior. People may think all mental illnesses can be fixed with medicine or that the medicines for mental illness have less side-effects than they do. To add to the misunderstandings, there are slasher films with deranged persons, and the news media often makes a point to mention that some spree killer was under treatment for mental illness. So the public only sees the most sensational of those with mental illness. They often don't hear about the success stories, so this feeds into the misunderstandings.
When myth or superstition is used by common people to diagnose or treat people with mental illness, this is called myth by mental health professionals.
Most, if not all, mental illness (as opposed to emotional disorders) is caused by chemical imbalances in the brain, or by structural anomalies.
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everyone suffers from some form of racism
Certainly. Mental illness is not automatically an excuse for breaking the law. In fact, some of your problems could be caused -- or exaggerated -- by that or other drugs.
Yes, it can.