Depression is the most common mental illness. The reason is that depression exhausts your brain, and so makes you interpret reality in black or white, extreme and negative ways. Depression varies from ''the blues'' to something more serious culminating in a feeling of hopelessness and dispair. Depression often centers around the lack of purpose in your life and the thought that it might even be better to end it. This is the point which is critical and could result in suicide. More....
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Dementia is a pattern of mental decline caused by different diseases or conditions. A person with dementia loses mental abilities. Memory loss usually comes first. Gradually the person becomes unable to perform basic mental and physical tasks. Typically, dementia develops slowly over months or years. The first symptoms are often Subtle. Eventually, people with dementia can have significant memory loss. They also may lose their ability to communicate effectively, recognize other people, perform complex tasks or think critically. Most commonly, dementia occurs when never cells (neurons) in the brain break down (degenerate) and connections between neurons in the Brain break down (degenerate) and connection between neurons are interrupted. These Disruptions have a variety of causes and usually cannot be reversed. Among the causes of dementia. More....
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Mental disorder has been defined as a behavioral or psychological syndrome that is associated with distress or disability (ability to function normally in activities of daily living) or with an increased risk of pain, disability, loss of freedom, or death. More....
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Alzheimer’s (AHLZ-high-merz) disease is a progressive brain disorder that gradually destroys a person's memory and ability to learn, reason, make judgments, communicate and carry out daily activities. As Alzheimer’s progresses, individuals may also experience changes in personality and behavior, such as anxiety, suspiciousness or agitation, as well as delusions or hallucinations. More....
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Bipolar disorder (BD) is a type of mood disorder. Bipolar disorder was called manic depression in the past, and that term is still used by some people. It is a psychiatric illness that causes major disruptions in lifestyle and health. Everyone has occasional highs and lows in their moods. But people with bipolar disorder have extreme mood swings. They can go from feeling very sad, despairing, helpless, worthless, and hopeless (depression) to feeling as if they are on top of the world, hyperactive, creative, and grandiose (mania). This disease is called bipolar disorder because the mood of a person with bipolar disorder can alternate between 2 completely opposite poles, euphoric happiness and extreme sadness. More....
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Schizophrenia is a mental disorder. It difficult for a person to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, to think logically, to have normal emotional responses to others, and to behave normally in social situations. More....
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