Mental Health and its Causes.
What is meant by
mental illness?
A mental illness affects one or more functions of the mind. A mental illness can affect a persons thoughts, feelings, emotions and behaviours; its often a serious departure from a persons normal functioning and can cause serious stress and suffering for the individual and their friends and family.
What is meant by mental health?
Mental health is a state of emotional and social wellbeing in which individuals realise their own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and can contribute to the community.
What are the causes of major depression in adolescence?
Your child's family member has had a mood disorder, like depression.
Your child uses drugs or alcohol.
Your child has experienced loss, such as a divorce or separation of parents, a breakup, or death of a friend or family member.
Your child becomes ill or he has problems dealing with a family member or friend's illness.
A mental illness affects one or more functions of the mind. A mental illness can affect a persons thoughts, feelings, emotions and behaviours; its often a serious departure from a persons normal functioning and can cause serious stress and suffering for the individual and their friends and family.
What is meant by mental health?
Mental health is a state of emotional and social wellbeing in which individuals realise their own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and can contribute to the community.
What are the causes of major depression in adolescence?
Your child's family member has had a mood disorder, like depression.
Your child uses drugs or alcohol.
Your child has experienced loss, such as a divorce or separation of parents, a breakup, or death of a friend or family member.
Your child becomes ill or he has problems dealing with a family member or friend's illness.