Mental Illness

Subject: Mental Health (Theory)

Overview

A wide range of mental health conditions known as mental illnesses can have an impact on a person's mood, thinking, behaviors, and feelings. such as eating disorders, depression, and anxiety disorders. It is sometimes referred to as mental illness, emotional illness, or illnesses of the mind. In other words, mental illness refers to patterns of abnormal behavior, emotions, or ideas that materially impair a person's ability to adapt to the demands of daily life. It is unknown what specifically causes the mental ailment. As a result, predisposing and precipitating factors can be distinguished as the root causes of mental illness in nature. Alzheimer's disease, Pick diseases, schizophrenia, and psychophysiological conditions like hypertension, hyperthyrodism, peptic ulcers, etc. are predisposing factors. Parental neglect, a dysfunctional family environment, infidelity, divorce, low income, a lack of security, frustration, and physical illness or chronic diseases are examples of psychological factors. Cast consideration or minority status, modernisation, and cultural abuse—the dowry system, mistreatment of a widow, and superstitious beliefs—are social variables that contribute to mental illness.

There are many different types of mental health disorders that can influence a person's mood, thinking, behaviors, and feelings. such as eating disorders, depression, and anxiety disorders. It is sometimes referred to as mental illness, emotional illness, or illnesses of the mind.

In other words, mental illness refers to patterns of abnormal behavior, emotions, or thoughts that materially impair a person's ability to adapt to significant demands of daily life.

Causes of Mental Illness

It is unknown what specifically causes the mental ailment. In nature, the predisposing and precipitating elements for mental illness can be separated.

Predisposing elements offer a favorable environment for the emergence of mental illness. They serve as a foundation and prepare the way for precipitating elements.

Biological/ Pre- Disposing Factors

Example:

  • Mongolism

    • Extra chromosomes in any pair of autosomes.

  • Defective Genes

    • Huntington’s chorea (speech impairment, intellectual impairment, and emotional disturbance)
    • Alzheimer’s disease and Pick diseases
    • Schizophrenia
    • Psycho- physiological disorders like hypertension, hyper- thyrodism, peptic ulcers etc.

  • Glandular functioning

    • Overactivity or under activity of the endocrines glands
    • Physical injury (especially in brain injury)
    • Malnutrition
    • Toxic chemicals especially lead, carbon mono-oxides

Psychological Factors

Psychological factors deprivation of early age i.e:

  • Oral stifling.
  • Parental neglect.
  • Incorrect learning.
  • A dysfunctional home setting.

A bad parenting style, such as excessive dominance, perfectionism, carelessness, overprotection, unfavorable circumstances including marital troubles or issues, and sibling rivalry.

  • Maladjustment: Marriage problems, divorce, inadequate education, a lack of stability, frustration, physical illness, or long-term illnesses

  • Life stressors: A person's passing, a job loss, success, failure, or poverty.

  • Personal limitations

  • Conflicts

Social Factors

  • Cast consideration or position as a minority
  • Modernization
  • dowry system, mistreatment of widows, superstition, and other cultural abuse
  • Natural disasters include floods, fires, conflict, and societal upheaval

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Things to remember

 

  • A wide range of mental health conditions known as mental illnesses can have an impact on a person's mood, thinking, behaviors, and feelings. such as eating disorders, depression, and anxiety disorders. It is sometimes referred to as mental illness, emotional illness, or illnesses of the mind.
  • An individual's ability to adapt to the important demands of life might be considerably hampered by patterns of abnormal behavior, feelings, or ideas that constitute mental illness.
  • It is unknown what specifically causes the mental ailment.
  • Alzheimer's disease, Pick diseases, schizophrenia, psychophysiological illnesses including hypertension, psychological problems, peptic ulcers, etc. are predisposing factors.
  • Parental neglect, a dysfunctional family setting, infidelity, divorce, low income, a lack of stability, dissatisfaction, and physical illness or chronic diseases are examples of psychological issues.
  • Cast consideration or minority status, modernization, and cultural abuse—the dowry system, mistreatment of a widow, and superstitious beliefs—are social factors that contribute to mental illness.
Questions and Answers

A wide range of mental health conditions known as mental illnesses can have an impact on a person's mood, thinking, behaviors, and feelings. such as eating disorders, depression, and anxiety disorders. It is also referred to as mental illness, emotional illness, or disorders of the mind.

In other words, mental illness refers to patterns of abnormal behavior, emotions, or thoughts that materially impair a person's ability to adapt to significant demands of daily life.

Causes of Mental Illness

The exact causes of the mental illness are not known. So in nature, the cause of the mental illness may be distinguished into pre- disposing and precipitating factors.

Pre-disposing factors provide a fertile ground for the germination of the seed of mental illness. They provide a base and set the stage for precipitating factors.

  • Biological/ Pre- disposing factors

Example:

  • Mongolism
  • Extra chromosomes in any pair of autosomes.
  • Defective Genes
  • Huntington’s chorea (speech impairment, intellectual impairment, and emotional disturbance)
  • Alzheimer’s disease and Pick diseases
  • Schizophrenia
  • Psycho- physiological disorders like hypertension, hyper-thyrodism, peptic ulcers etc.
  • Glandular functioning
  • Overactivity or under activity of the endocrines glands
    • Physical injury (especially in brain injury)
    • Malnutrition
    • Toxic chemicals especially lead, carbon mono-oxides
  • Psychological factors

Psychological factors deprivation of early age i.e:

  • Oral deprivation,
  • Parental deprivation,
  • Faulty learning,
  • Defective family environment.

An undesirable parental attitude such as much dominance, perfectionism, carelessness, over protection, unhappy conditions like marital problems or issues, sibling rivalry

  • Maladjustment

Marital maladjustment, divorce, poor earning, lack of security, frustration, physical illness or chronic diseases

  • Life Stressors

A death of someones, loss of jobs, prosperities, failure, poverty.

  • Personal limitations
  • Conflicts
  • Social factors
    • Cast consideration or minority status
    • Modernization
  • Cultural Abuse: dowry system, maltreatment of a widow, superstitious
  • Natural Catastrophies: flood, fires, war, national crisis

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