Mental Illness


Mental Illness
The media's portrayal of mental illness by Kris Kennedy Media and the Mentally Ill Is it reality or truth that people fear the mentally ill? Media has shown the need to fear the mentally ill, but in truth people know mentally ill without fear. Sociopath vs. Psychopath Legal distinction exists between soc... More> Mental illness: A patient's perspective by Gary Betts When you speak of mental illness, you speak of several different illnesses under this generic term. But mental illness, on the whole, is a powerful and often fatal disease. It is as dangerous and debilitating as cancer, heart disease and AIDS. But w... More>
	History of mental illness by Susan Morrison Mental illness has been a well-known illness dating back to prehistoric times, but the further back one goes, the less understood the illness seems to be. Indeed, talking of prehistoric ages, people in those times thought that people with a mental i... More> Why our culture still stigmatizes mental illness by Tammy Cramblett The mental health profession has had a bad reputation for many years. Simply hearing the phrase, "mental illness" seems to inspire fear for some people. There are many possible reasons society still stigmatizes mental i... More>
How humor helps with mental illness by Priscilla Benfield Finding humor in dealing with mental illness helps to lighten up difficult situations. Mental illness covers a broad ranges of illnesses, with some being more serious than others. Even if you have days where you feel in control of your illness, ther... More> When to suspect that you may have a mental illness by Queli Beach When to Suspect you Have a Mental Illness Back in college, one of the professors had a tendency, after going over diagnostic criteria for a given mental illness, to ask his class how many felt they were inflicted with the given disorder. His questio... More>
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