MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER IS NOT MADNESS

Mental health disorders are a wide range of disorders that affect a person’s mood, thinking, and behavior.

People often think that once a person is mentally unstable, they are totally out of their mind. Humans choose to be ignorant when it comes to learning. A person who has psychosis should not be used to classify all forms of mental health disorders.

TYPES OF MENTAL HEALTH DISEASE

 

Schizophrenia

Bipolar illness

Dementia

Development disorder

Anxiety

Depression

My mental health awareness is going to be about all forms of mental illness, but for the next few weeks, I will be talking about depression.

Depression is the most common mental health issue, but not the only disorder. Others won’t be neglected.

According to the WHO, 300 million people have depression worldwide. Women are more affected than men. Note: I am not trying to be partial; depression can affect all genders, ages, and races.

A person is said to be depressed if they have the following symptoms:

Sadness

Loss of interest and pleasure

Feelings of guilt

Low self-esteem

Disturbed sleep

Fatigue

Poor concentration

Did you know that there are different types of depression? These types of depression vary in symptoms too. They include;

•Persistent depression: depression that has lasted at least two years.

•Postpartum depression: This condition primarily affects women after giving birth.

•Psychotic depression: a person has depression coupled with delusion.

The number of young people affected attracted me to this niche. WHO surveyed that one in seven people aged 10–19 years old experienced one or more mental health disorders. And the majority have depression, which is not being treated, leading to suicide, which is also the fourth leading cause of death among youths.

You might be wondering why I am talking about only youths. Well, they are going to be full-blown adults someday and if such mental health conditions are left untreated, they will extend to adulthood. This leads to such a person’s having an unfulfilled life.

Let’s go through this awareness journey together and give mental health the recognition it deserves. As Glenn Close said,

” What mental health needs is more sunlight, more condor, more unashamed conversation.”

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