Mental Illness

Mental illness includes a wide range of mental health conditions. Disorders that affect your mood, thinking, and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorder, unusual behaviors, eating disorders, and addictive behaviors.

Many people have good mental health, but it becomes a mental illness when ongoing symptoms cause constant stress and affect your ability to work.

Mental illness can make you feel unhappy and cause problems in your daily life, such as at college or at work or in relationships. In most cases, symptoms can be managed with the combination of drugs and talk therapy.

Symptoms

Signs and symptoms of mental illness may vary depending on disorder, circumstance and other factors. Symptoms of mental illness can affect emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.

Examples of signs and symptoms include:

• Confused thinking or ability to concentrate reduced.
• Extreme fear or anxiety, or extreme feeling of guilt.
• The high mood of ups and downs
• Significant fatigue, slight energy or difficulty in sleeping
• Detention for reality (delusion), paranoia or hallucination
• Inability to cope with daily problems or stress.
• Difficulty in understanding and related situations and people.
• Problems with the consumption of alcohol or drugs
• Significant changes in eating habits
• Sexual desire change
• Extreme anger, hostility or violence
• Suicidal thoughts

When to see a doctor

If you have any signs or symptoms of mental illness, consult your doctor or mental health professional. Most mental illnesses do not improve themselves and if left untreated, then a mental illness can worsen over time and cause serious problems.

If you have thoughts of suicide

Suicidal thoughts and behaviors can arise from some mental illnesses. If you feel that you can hurt yourself or try suicide, get help immediately:

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• Call 911 immediately or at your local emergency number.
• Call your mental health expert.
• Get help from your primary care provider.
• Stay in touch with a close friend or loved one..

Causes

In general, mental illnesses are thought to be caused by a variety of genetic and environmental factors:

Inherited Trait- 

Mental illness can be found more in people whose blood relatives also have a mental illness. Certain genes can increase the risk of developing a mental illness..

Before Birth - 

Exposure to an environment with stress, inflammatory conditions, toxins, alcohol or drugs while in the womb can sometimes be related to mental illness.

Environment-

Exposure to a bad influencing environment can lead to mental illness.

Prevention

There is no perfect way to prevent mental illness. However, if you have a mental illness, Follow these steps:

• Give attention to warning signs. Work with your doctor or therapist to learn what might trigger your symptoms. Make a plan so that you know what to do if symptoms return backs. Always ask help from family members or friends when required.
• Get a routine medical check-up. Don't neglect checkups or skip visits to your primary care provider, especially if you aren't feeling well. You may have a new health problem that needs to be treated.
• Get help. Mental health conditions can get worse to treat if you wait until symptoms to show up and don't do anything about it.
• Give your self-care. Get sufficient sleep, eat healthily and include regular physical activity in your daily life. Talk to your doctor if you have trouble sleeping or if you have questions about diet and physical activity.