mental-illness
Psychiatric condition affecting function
Mental illness refers to conditions affecting thinking, mood, or behavior that cause distress or impair functioning—depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and many others.
The term frames these conditions as medical rather than moral failings, though debate continues about where normal human struggle ends and illness begins.
She's been managing her mental illness with therapy and medication.
Identification of illness
- psychiatryMental health medicine
- disorderAbsence of organization
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- treatmentCare for an ailment
therapy · medication · psychosis · schizophrenia · bipolar · anxiety · depression · DSM
State of perceiving reality
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- destigmatizationRemoving social shame
- educationSystematic development of mind
campaigns · legislation · parity · rights · empowerment · community · resources · hotlines
Unjust differential treatment
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
- isolationComplete separation from others
labeling · stereotypes · fear · marginalization · secrecy · judgment · invisibility · denial
Mood-regulating brain chemical
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
- neurotransmittersChemical neural messengers
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- neuroimagingVisualizing nervous system structure
amygdala · cortisol · neuroplasticity · inflammation · heritability · biomarkers · epigenetics · dysfunction
State of owning
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- shamanismMediation between worlds
- evil-eyeCurse-inflicting look
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- psychiatryMental health medicine
- disorderAbsence of organization
- symptomsIndicators of disease
treatment · therapy · medication · psychosis · schizophrenia · bipolar · anxiety · depression · DSM · comorbidity
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- destigmatizationRemoving social shame
education · campaigns · legislation · parity · rights · empowerment · community · resources · hotlines · outreach
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
isolation · labeling · stereotypes · fear · marginalization · secrecy · judgment · invisibility · denial · embarrassment
serotonin
Mood-regulating brain chemical
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
- neurotransmittersChemical neural messengers
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
neuroimaging · amygdala · cortisol · neuroplasticity · inflammation · heritability · biomarkers · epigenetics · dysfunction · imbalance
possession
State of owning
mental-illnessmental health
Emotional and cognitive well-being
mental wellness · sanity · psychological health · psychological well-being · emotional health
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