O Can mental illness be as clearly defined as a physical illness?

What is a sentence for physical?

There are two types of illnesses, mental illness and a physical illness.

What is the Difference between physical illness and spiritual illness?

AnswerA physical illness is real. Even if we include in this definition mental illnesses such as depression or schizophrenia, they are just as real as influenza or cancers.A spiritual illness can not be defined by science. Someone may tell you that you have a spiritual illness, but can not objectively prove the existence of any such illness. He may mean a lack of faith or moral failings, or he may mean a mental illness, but mental illnesses are properly outside the domain of religion.

What physical illness mean?

A "Physical Illness" is any type of illness that effects the body such as a virus, rash, bacterial infection etc. As opposed to a mental illness that has to do with an illness effecting mental capacity or processing. if this helps anyone there you go

Is short term memory loss a mental illness?

no it is a physical illness

Can mental illiness be cured?

Just as some physical illness can be cured some mental illness can be cured as well

How is health and illness defined in contemporary society?

Health is not only absence of illness, but complete physical, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing. Illness is distress caused by ill health that affects productivity and necessitates availability of affordable and timely health care.

What mental illnesses require wheelchairs?

hmm, not many really. mental retardation is different to mental illness. e.g. serebal paulsey can effect the brain but is mainly physical, so is considered a disability and mental retadation which needs a wheelchair. but e.g. bipolar which is a mental illness isn't physical.

What is defined as the physical mental and social well being of a person?

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Is mental health and mental illness the same thing?

One answer was: "I don't understand how you can conceive that the two illness are the same. One is in the brain, the other is physical, pertaining to the body." In fact, there are many issues raised by the question: what is physical illness, what is mental illness, how clearly can these be defined, and is there a difference in clarity between such definitions? A physical illness is named when there is an injury to the body (e.g., a closed head trauma), an infection (as by a virus, fungus, or bacterium), or some systemic dysfunction in the physiology of the body (e.g., toxicity or diabetes). Ideally, there is a known cause and an effective course of treatment. A mental illness is named by observing behavior and speech. People report their experience (i.e., phenomenology), exhibit emotional expressions, are relatively aroused or relaxed, behave in expected or unexpected ways, and speak in coherent or confused utterances. When these observations violate social norms, significantly interfere with life functions, cause significant distress, negatively affect health, or otherwise detract from the quality of life and the responses persist despite efforts to ameliorate them, a label of mental illness is invoked. The division between "mental" and "physical" is not so easily determined. Many "mental" disturbances are caused by physical injuries, infections, or toxins. Many "physical" illnesses are influenced, exacerbated or even precipitated by psychological factors. Nonetheless, most so-called "mental illnesses" have components that have been learned. Sometimes, there are suspected physiological susceptibilities as well. Many illnesses in both categories can be reliably recognized and named by trained professionals familiar with the tools that science provides. Behavioral observations, laboratory assays and standardized tests are used to measure disorders in both categories of dysfunction. Some illnesses, of both types, elude identification; this is so when the illness is not clearly manifest, or when the science has not sufficiently progressed to make the definition certain. We speak of "physical" illnesses as something people "have." It may be more proper to speak of "mental" illnesses as something people "do." However, people truly suffer from either type of disorder.

Is mental part of the head?

Refers to thinking in the head, not actually a physical part; like mental illness. Implies the brain.

How is mental emotional different from mental illness?

Mental and emotional health differs from mental illness in the same way that physical health differs from physical illness. You can be careful about your physical health, while you are healthy, by eating a good diet and getting regular exercise. You can take care of your mental and emotional health while healthy by eating a good diet, exercising, maintaining healthy relationships with other people, avoiding addictive substances and learning to express your emotions in positive ways.