MENTAL ILLNESS/DISORDER

I welcome you back to this space😁😘

Let us more shed light on the meaning of disorder before we discuss about today's matter.

A disorder is a disturbance of the normal physical,mental and social wellbeing of the mind and body which may cause a person to change in the way they  perceives,thinks and perceive.

Though people use both mental illness and mental disorder interchangeably because both point at the same end .The different between the two is the origin of the condition and from last week post we can see that mental health and mental illness/disorder are not the same but when one(mental health) is tampered with,it will surely leads to another(mental illness)

Mental illness is an ongoing symptoms or group of symptoms that can affect a person,  perception,thinking,mood or behavior.

From the definition above and to be specific, the clustering of different types of symptoms,they all gather to become a disorder that a person is at risk for which makes that individual to be of serious danger to themselves or other's health

Sometimes,people experience emotional and physical changes and they begin to think if they are mentally alright.Having a checklist  for improving one's mental health is important but also learning about the mental disorders that could result from more than two different symptoms is also Paramount.

We will be listing the common mental disorders that people do have but doesn't have adequate knowledge about it. The list below are not limited to they types that exist and each.

📌Mood disorders e.g depression

📌psychotic disorder e.g schizophrenia

📌Anxiety disorder e.g Generalized anxiety disorder, phobias

📌Eating disorders e.g anorexia nervosa

📌Trauma related disorder e.g acute stress disorder

📌Personality disorder e.g paranoid,borderline.

📌Neurodevelopmental disorder e.g Autism

It's until people are aware of the symptoms peculiar to each of the disorder they can note if they are exhibiting it. Hence,there is need for sensitization.

In my subsequent posts,I will be describing each of the disorder with their characteristics symptoms and what should be taken note of.

WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS (CAUSES)

Risk factors are those things that can predispose a person to come down with a mental disorder.

They make a person to be susceptible on slight provocation. There is no single cause of mental illness. let us check some of them out.

👉A history of mental illness in a blood relative, such as a parent or sibling (GENETIC)

👉Stressful life situations, such as financial problems, a loved one's death or a divorce(LIFE EXPERIENCES)

👉An underlying medical condition, such as diabetes mellitus

👉Brain damage as a result of a serious injury to the head

👉Traumatic experiences, such as  assalt.

👉childhood history of abuse or neglect

👉Lack of social group 

and having a previous mental illness.

👉Environmental exposure to toxic substances. 

Mental illness are cause by different factors combining together to alter the normal functioning of a person and that us why it is necessary to know what to look out for in our day to day activities.

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 will stop here today and will continue next week on the episode of my mental health and I.

We will also be discussing why mental health is important in all  spheres of life and the reasons to be aware of it.

Do read and comment about what you have learnt. I will really love to hear from you🤗