What is a Mental Health disorder

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...Medical science has made incredible progress in curing and reversing many chronic diseases by treating them successfully with prevention and early intervention treatments and therapies, including mental health disorders. However, the fact is that no one fully understands how the brain works and why it works differently in different people. To solve some of the mysteries, functions and dysfunctions of the brain, the studies continued at the medical research centers. Some studies suggest that a predisposition to certain mental health disorders may be genetic or are believed to have biological causes, just like cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Research shows that mental health disorders are caused by genetic and environmental factors, traumatic events, and other physical illnesses and injuries that have psychiatric side effects.

...Since our society tends to not give the same acceptance to brain disorders as we do to other organ disorders, sometimes is easy to forget that our brain is an organ vulnerable to disease so it is common for people to have something wrong and not know it, which is true of both mental and physical disorders. People can have heart disease or diabetes and not know it. Similarly, an individual may be clinically depressed for years, and be unaware of the problem. For example, people with a depressive illness, are often perceived by others to be sad, down, irritable, uncooperative, lazy and self-pitying. This can lead to unhelpful, though and advice - that they should simply pull themselves out of those negative thoughts. However, the emotions and low energy are part of the illness and are more severe and long lasting than the normal mood changes. There are often physical symptoms too, such as disturbances in sleep and appetite, weight loss or gain, headaches and pain. A person with depressive illness, have a mental health disorder and may find it very difficult to change their mood or behavior, even if they would like to. This Person needs help, otherwise may even attempt to suicide because of the characteristics of his/her condition.

...Each year, more than 54 million Americans are affected by a mental health disorder. There are many different types of mental disorders which can strike anyone.

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