| Our mental health can vary according to our | | | | • Infections of the central nervous |
| circumstances and can change across our lifetime, | | | | system such as meningitis, HIV, and |
| in the same way as our physical health does. | | | | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a quickly progressing |
| Mental health problems are among the most | | | | and fatal disease that is characterized by |
| common of all health conditions, directly affecting | | | | dementia and muscle twitching and spasm |
| about a quarter of the population in any one year. | | | | Causes of Mental Health Illness |
| Depression and anxiety are the most widespread | | | | Although the exact cause of most mental illnesses |
| conditions. | | | | is not known, it is becoming clear through |
| Anxiety disorders - Mental Health | | | | research that many of these conditions are |
| Anxiety disorders can take many forms. You | | | | caused by a combination of biological, psychological |
| may experience free-floating anxiety without | | | | and environmental factors. |
| knowing exactly why you're feeling that way. You | | | | Symptoms Of Mental Health Disturbance |
| may suffer from sudden, intense panic attacks | | | | ACTING DIFFERENT THAN USUAL. Can you link |
| that strike without warning. Your anxiety may | | | | this change in behavior to something that has |
| come in the form of extreme social inhibition or in | | | | happened recently? Any event, such as the death |
| unwanted obsessions and compulsions. Or you | | | | of a close relative, or even something positive - |
| may have a phobia of an object or situation that | | | | like a job promotion - can trigger a troublesome |
| doesn't seem to bother other people. | | | | emotional reaction. |
| Symtoms Of Anxiety Disorders | | | | BECOMES AGGRESSIVE, RUDE, AND ABUSIVE |
| • Apprehension, uneasiness, and dread | | | | OVER MINOR INCIDENTS. Are there remarks |
| • Impaired concentration or selective | | | | about groups or individuals "out to get me?" If |
| attention | | | | that last remark was made in all seriousness, and |
| • Feeling restless or on edge | | | | blowups and violent physical behavior occur, there |
| Mental Health - Type of Dementia | | | | is a strong indication some help may be required. |
| Dementia is the loss of mental functions, such as | | | | The greatest symptoms which trigger mental |
| thinking, memory and reasoning, that is severe | | | | health concerns have to do with the person's |
| enough to interfere with a person's daily life. | | | | ability to function. When they suddenly start |
| Dementia is not a disease itself, but rather a | | | | missing a lot of work or school or losing jobs, not |
| group of symptoms that may accompany certain | | | | eating or eating too much, barely sleeping or not |
| diseases or conditions. Symptoms may involve | | | | sleeping at all, and seem to be irritable or angry |
| changes in personality, mood and behavior. | | | | with everyone and everything, these are usually |
| Causes of Dementia | | | | early symptoms of mental health issues. As |
| • Vascular disorders, such as multi-infarct | | | | symptoms progress the individual may experience |
| dementia, which is caused by multiple strokes in | | | | self harm such as cutting or burning themselves |
| the brain | | | | and taking unnecessary risks with their safety. |
| • Depression | | | | |