• A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that...
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    for mental disorders, or mental illnesses, which are a component of mental health. In 2019, about 970 million people worldwide suffered from a mental disorder...
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  • Mental illnesses, also known as psychiatric disorders, are often inaccurately portrayed in the media. Films, television programs, books, magazines, and...
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  • The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct is a 1961 book by the psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, in which the author criticizes...
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  • The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is a United States-based nonprofit organization originally founded as a grassroots group by family members...
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  • for mental illness due to its ability to allow the Wei Chi open to possession. This explains why the ancient Chinese believed that a mental illness was...
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  • Serious mental illness (SMI) is characterized as any mental health condition that impairs seriously or severely from one to several significant life activities...
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  • International Classification of Diseases (ICD). A mental disorder, also known as a mental illness, mental health condition, or psychiatric disorder, is characterized...
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    mental illness. There are cases that support the idea that mental illness can aid in creativity, but it is also generally agreed that mental illness does...
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    for mental illness include psychological trauma, adverse childhood experiences, genetic predisposition, and personality traits. Correlations of mental disorders...
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    Rethink Mental Illness Is a British charity that seeks to improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness through their networks of local...
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  • Mental Illness is the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter Aimee Mann. It was released on March 31, 2017, by SuperEgo Records. Mann described it as...
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  • Mental illness denial or mental disorder denial is a form of denialism in which a person denies the existence of mental disorders. Both serious analysts...
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  • Euthanasia for mental illness involves a physician intentionally ending the life of a patient who has requested euthanasia due to a psychiatric condition...
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  • Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) was established in the U.S. in 1990 recognition of efforts by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to educate...
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  • Mental illness was an issue that many faced in ancient times much like in the modern world. In ancient Greece, many were divided over what they believed...
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    other people. Conceptually, mental insanity also is associated with the biological phenomenon of contagion (that mental illness is infectious) as in the...
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  • Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness is a 2024 book by Jonathan Haidt which argues that the spread of smartphones...
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    attention to mental illness and its major effects on people's lives worldwide. In addition, this day provides an opportunity for mental health professionals...
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  • Choosing Mental Illness as a Virtue is the second solo album by American metal vocalist Phil Anselmo. Credited to Phillip H. Anselmo & the Illegals, the...
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  • Thank God for Mental Illness is the fifth studio album by American psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. After releasing Take It from the...
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  • co-occurring disorders (COD) or dual pathology) is the condition of having a mental illness and a comorbid substance use disorder. There is considerable debate...
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  • Rules, with the terms defense of mental disorder, defense of mental illness or not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder employed. Being incapable...
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  • unsurpassed". The News Minute. 15 December 2018. "Aaron Stampler's Mental Illness In The Film, Primal Fear | Bartleby". www.bartleby.com. Retrieved 2023-05-22...
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  • Works of fiction dealing with mental illness include: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding, 1908 children's book by Beatrix Potter. Tom...
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    "Morbidity and Mortality in People With Serious Mental Illness" (PDF). National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. 2006. Khullar D (30...
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  • The appearance of mental illness in Middle-earth has been discussed by scholars of literature and by psychiatrists. Middle-earth is the fantasy world created...
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    severe mental illness across western Europe: What can be generalized from current knowledge about differences in provision, costs and outcomes of mental health...
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    Tuke at York Retreat in England, began to advocate for the viewing of mental illness as a disorder that required compassionate treatment that would aid in...
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