The Link Between Mental Illness And Brain Disorders

Mental health is the name given to somebody’s emotional, psychological and social well-being. It affects the way somebody thinks and acts, and it has a lot to do with how well one handles stress. It is believed that having a mental illness such as anxiety or depression can cause somebody to get physically sick, but why and how and still unknown to doctors.

Recently scientists have been doing research into the links between the immune system and the mental health state. The research done has been a joint effort between the University of Sydney and Meeting 4 Minds (M4M), which is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the research of the brain and brain disorders. A Sydney woman, Elle McCabe, used to struggle everyday with normal tasks, "I had
The brain is an organ just like a heart or a liver. Research and brain scans show that the brains of people with mental health disorders look different and sicker than those of a healthy, happy person. Just because the illness is ‘all in the head’ does not make it less real or less important to treat than other diseases or illnesses of other organs. Issues like depression and anxiety can seem very real to those who suffer from it, and can make it hard for them to do everyday tasks such as even just going outside. This can make them difficult to treat because some of the most common treatments for these types of problems include eating better, going outside more and/or doing more exercise, and getting better sleep, when in fact a person with anxiety or depression might find it hard to complete these seemingly simple tasks because their mental illness makes it hard for them to want to eat at all or to eat too much, to not have the motivation to go outside and exercise, and often either increases their sleep to the point that they get far too much and as a result have even less energy and motivation, or can reduce the number of hours sleep they get so they are constantly tired and stressed. This can have a serious negative impact on the overall quality of a person’s life, and if it gets too serious they might even try and commit suicide. Mental health doesn't just affect humans. Poor mental health can be seen throughout any species, such as dogs getting anxiety, elephants getting depressed and many more. It is also believed by some that if corals get stressed then it is likely that they coral will