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The key features and symptoms of depression

A person with depression will experience some of the following  key features and  symptoms of depression: Physical • tiredness and a feeling of fatigue and weakness • vague aches and pains all over the body Feeling • feeling sad and miserable • a loss of interest in life, social interactions, work, etc. • guilty feelings […]

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The types of mental illness and categories of mental illness

To detect and diagnose a mental illness, you have to depend almost entirely on what people tell you.The main tool in diagnosis is an interview with the person. Mental illness produces symptoms that sufferers or those close to them notice. There are five major types of symptoms: • Physical – ‘somatic’ symptoms. These affect the […]

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Why should you be concerned about mental illness?

There are many reasons why you need to be concerned about mental illnesses. • Because they affect us all. It is estimated that one in five of all adults will experience a mental health problem in their lifetime. This shows how common mental health problems are. Anyone can suffer a mental health problem. • Because […]

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What is the difference between mental health and mental illness?

There is more to good health than just a physically healthy body: a healthy person should also have a healthy mind. A person with a healthy mind should be able to think clearly, should be able to solve the various problems faced in life, should enjoy good relations with friends, colleagues at work and family, […]

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Forms of depression

Most depressions have triggering life events, especially in a fi rst episode. Many patients present initially with physical symptoms (somatisation), and some may show multiple symptoms of depression in the apparent absence of low mood (‘masked’ depression). Less severe depression has been awarded many labels, including neurotic depression, minor depression and reactive depression (not depression […]

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Diagnostic features of depression

Core features Pervasive low mood Loss of interest and enjoyment (anhedonia) Reduced energy (anergia), diminished activity Other features Poor concentration and attention Poor self-esteem and self-confidence Ideas of guilt and unworthiness Bleak, pessimistic views of the future Ideas or acts of self-harm or suicide Disturbed sleep Diminished appetite. For diagnosis of a depressive episode, at […]

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The manifestation of depression

Depression has a range of meanings – from a description of normal unhappiness, through persistent and pervasive ways of feeling and thinking, to psychosis. According to World Health Organization data, depression affects about 50 million people and causes about 10% of the global burden of disease worldwide, with women and economically impoverished people being affected […]

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What is Obsessive–compulsive disorder

Obsessions are intrusive thoughts, images or urges that are recognised by the individual to be irrational and unwanted and are usually resisted (the resistance diminishes with chronicity). They may be fears that the person might harm someone or might inadvertently contaminate or infect someone. Although everyone experiences intrusions, the person with OCD tends to assume […]

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What is mental disorder? definition for mental disorder

Since the publication of the D.S.M.-III in 1980, the D.S.M. has included a definition of mental disorder and what is mental disorder? each of the mental disorders is conceptualized as a clinically significant behaviouralor psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is typicallyassociated with either a painful symptom (distress) or impairment […]

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Aetiology of panic disorder

Genetic factors Evidence that panic disorder has a genetic component can be found in studies such as that by Kendler et al. who found concordance rates of 24 per cent between MZ twins, and 11 per cent between DZ twins. These and other data placed within a meta-analysis by Hettema et al. indicated that panic […]

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