common mental health issues
Common mental health problems include
Psychosis
This is a mental health problem that stops the person from thinking clearly, telling the difference between reality and their imagination and acting in a normal way.
When a person experiences psychosis it is often triggered by other mental health disorders and is referred to as a psychotic episode.
The four main symptoms of psychosis are hallucinations, delusions, disturbed thought and lack of insight.
Delusions could be paranoid, when a person believes they will come to harm, believing that someone or something are conspiring to harm them. They can be grandiose, when a person has an exaggerated delusion of self-worth, I.e. believing they are Jesus or the prime minister .they can be erotomania when a person believes someone famous is in love with them, and they can be control delusions where they believe another person is in control of their thoughts.
Delusions seem real to the person experiencing them and behaviour becomes centred around that person trying to prove that their thoughts are rational.
Other common mental health problems are
Schizophrnia, which is a psychotic illness where someone cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is imaginary. The diagnosis often comes between the ages 15-35yrs. People with schizophrenia often become emotionally detached, unresponsive to the needs of others, unmotivated, anxious and depressed. The condition can be managed by medication .
Bipolar disorder is severe and often sudden changes in a person’s mood and behaviour. They often experience extreme swings of depression and elation. This can be very stressful and can lead to social isolation. The condition can be treated with medication but is a life long disorder.
Depression can range from mild changes in someone’s mood to severe clinical depression. With clinical depression there is often a change in chemistry of the brain which requires medical treatment. Depression causes changes to appetite,
Psychosis
This is a mental health problem that stops the person from thinking clearly, telling the difference between reality and their imagination and acting in a normal way.
When a person experiences psychosis it is often triggered by other mental health disorders and is referred to as a psychotic episode.
The four main symptoms of psychosis are hallucinations, delusions, disturbed thought and lack of insight.
Delusions could be paranoid, when a person believes they will come to harm, believing that someone or something are conspiring to harm them. They can be grandiose, when a person has an exaggerated delusion of self-worth, I.e. believing they are Jesus or the prime minister .they can be erotomania when a person believes someone famous is in love with them, and they can be control delusions where they believe another person is in control of their thoughts.
Delusions seem real to the person experiencing them and behaviour becomes centred around that person trying to prove that their thoughts are rational.
Other common mental health problems are
Schizophrnia, which is a psychotic illness where someone cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is imaginary. The diagnosis often comes between the ages 15-35yrs. People with schizophrenia often become emotionally detached, unresponsive to the needs of others, unmotivated, anxious and depressed. The condition can be managed by medication .
Bipolar disorder is severe and often sudden changes in a person’s mood and behaviour. They often experience extreme swings of depression and elation. This can be very stressful and can lead to social isolation. The condition can be treated with medication but is a life long disorder.
Depression can range from mild changes in someone’s mood to severe clinical depression. With clinical depression there is often a change in chemistry of the brain which requires medical treatment. Depression causes changes to appetite,