EDUCATE YOURSELF: MOST COMMON MENTAL ILLNESSES



Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

Educating yourself about living with mental illness and mental health struggles is one of the best ways you can help yourself or a friend. 



HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON MENTAL ILLNESSES :

  1. Anxiety: Anxiety disorders are characterized by persistent worry, fear, and stress that interferes with one’s everyday life.


  1. Depression: Persistent low mood, fatigue, and profound sadness are prominent symptoms of major depression.


  1. Substance use disorders: The frequent use of alcohol and/or drugs that interferes with a person’s behavior in day-to-day life.


  1. Bipolar disorder: Bipolar disorder consists of radical shifts in depressive or “low” moods and manic “high” moods that can last weeks long.


  1. Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors


  1. Eating disorders: Eating disorders are illnesses that affect a person’s relationship with food and body image. 


  1. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): OCD is a chronic, long-lasting anxiety disorder where a person experiences unreasonable, uncontrollable, recurring thoughts followed by a behavioral response

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  1. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): PTSD is a disorder that develops in some who have experienced a shocking or dangerous event and have difficulty recovering from the trauma the event caused.


  1. ADHD : attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It is a medical condition. A person with ADHD has differences in brain development and brain activity that affect attention, the ability to sit still, and self-control. ADHD can affect a child at school, at home, and in friendships.


   10.Social anxiety disorder: Social anxiety disorder, sometimes called social phobia, causes an extreme fear of social situations. People with social anxiety may become very nervous about being around other people. They may feel like they’re being judged.


helplines:

1.080- 65333323

Parivarthan

Providing multimodal services in the field of mental health, this Helpline is serviced by trained, professional counsellors.

2. +918376804102

Fortis Exam Helpline

The Fortis National Helpline number is for students or parents with queries related to stress, mental wellbeing, exam tips or even to consult a team of experts and behavioral psychologists.

3. 011-23389090

Sumaitri

A crisis intervention centre for the depressed, distressed and suicidal. The Helpline provides unconditional and unbiased emotional support to callers, visitors or those who write in.

4. 080 46110007

NIMHANS

This is a helpline for anyone experiencing mental health distress during the COVID 19 crisis by National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences Bengaluru.


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