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Mental Illness (or emotional disability, cognitive dysfunction) is a broad generic label for a category of illnesses that may include affective or emotional instability, behavioral dysregulation, and/or cognitive dysfunction or impairment. Specific illnesses known as mental illnesses include major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, to name a few. Mental illness can be of biological (e.g., anatomical, chemical, or genetic) or psychological (e.g., trauma or conflict) origin. It can impact one’s ability to work or go to school and contribute to problems in relationships. Other generic names for mental illness include "mental disorder", "psychiatric disorder", "psychological disorder", "emotional disability", "cognitive dysfunction", "abnormal psychology", "emotional problem", or "behavior problem". The term insanity, often used colloquially as a synonym for mental illness, is used technically as a legal term.
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missalena79 (Tara Marshall Recas) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:04 -0000
love, love, love the new advert/PSA abt de-stigmatizing mental illness <3 #fb
RT @TearlessPoet RT @Bodyguard_beats I wish @Oprah would do a show on the issue of Mental Illness & the AfrAmer community. < we'd b so lucky
imablackpoem (Shanae) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:35 -0000
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Mental Wellness - News and information on mental health issues, the history of mental illness understanding and treatment, basic facts about various mental illnesses, and tips on living with it.
MSN Groups : Alexithymia - Support group for partners, parents, employees, and others who interact with individuals who suffer from Alexithymia.
Meta Description: [ A place for people or partners of people who have alexithymia. The site is designed to have a broad format, and participants are welcome to bring up tangential issues which relate to their experience of this condition. New members please include a brief message to the managers when applying to jo... ]
NPR : Texas Mental Health Plan Could Omit Thousands - News story on changes in the way this state delivers services to the mentally ill under a new system called 'disease management.' [7:31 streaming audio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ Texas is making drastic changes in the way it delivers services to the mentally ill. Only patients with certain conditions, such as schizophrenia, serious depression, or bi-polar disorder, will be eligible for state treatment under a new system called disease management. Thousands of others will... ]
Organic Mental Disorders - Online book by Dr. Shahul Ameen discusses the diagnosis and management of conditions with organic causes, including dementia and other cognitive disorders, traumatic brain injury, and delusional, mood, and anxiety disorders.
Psych Central - Symptoms and Treatments of Mental Disorders - Lists culled from current diagnostic criteria most commonly used in the United States by mental health professionals. These are divided into three broad categories: adult, childhood, and personality disorders.
The Alexithymia Info Page - In brief, alexithymia is the inability to talk about feelings due to a lack of emotional awareness. Alexithymics are typically unable to identify, understand or describe their own emotions, and the construct of alexithymia refers to some of the chief manifestations of this deficit in emotional functioning.
Meta Description: [ The Alexithymia Information Resource. Everything you need to know about the inability to interpret personal feelings and emotions. ]
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