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