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Mental Illness Case Study Examples
Mental Illness Case Study Examples: Case 1 Ricard was a 34-year-old man who suddenly started behaving in abizarre manner three days earlier. He became very restless, started talking nonsense and behaved in a shameless manner, taking his clothes off in public. He had no history of a mental illness. The only medical history was that […]
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Mental illness in different cultures
There are many ways in which culture can influence mental health issues. • What is a mental illness? Concepts about what a mental illness is differ from one culture to another. The group of disorders most often associated with mental illness is the severe mentaldisorders, such as schizophrenia and mania. The commonest mental health problems […]
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Key features and symptoms of mental illness in children
The key features and symptoms that suggest mental illness in children are: • a child who is doing badly in studies even though she has normal intelligence • a child who is always restless and cannot pay attention • a child who is constantly getting in trouble or fights with other children • a child […]
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Why should you be concerned about mental illness?
There are many reasons why you need to be concerned about mental illnesses. • Because they affect us all. It is estimated that one in five of all adults will experience a mental health problem in their lifetime. This shows how common mental health problems are. Anyone can suffer a mental health problem. • Because […]
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What is the difference between mental health and mental illness?
There is more to good health than just a physically healthy body: a healthy person should also have a healthy mind. A person with a healthy mind should be able to think clearly, should be able to solve the various problems faced in life, should enjoy good relations with friends, colleagues at work and family, […]
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Mental health, mental well-being and mental illness
Many people are used to hearing ‘mental health’ as a euphemism for ‘mental illness’. A real problem in talking about mental health is that very often we are led into a way of thinking based on ideas and assumptions about mental illness – issues like depression, suicide, paranoia, schizophrenia come to the fore. On the […]
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