| Our mental health can vary according to | | | | system such as meningitis, HIV, and |
| our circumstances and can change across | | | | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a quickly |
| our lifetime, in the same way as our | | | | progressing and fatal disease that is |
| physical health does. | | | | characterized by dementia and muscle |
| Mental health problems are among the | | | | twitching and spasm |
| most common of all health conditions, | | | | Causes of Mental Health Illness |
| directly affecting about a quarter of | | | | Although the exact cause of most mental |
| the population in any one year. | | | | illnesses is not known, it is becoming |
| Depression and anxiety are the most | | | | clear through research that many of |
| widespread conditions. | | | | these conditions are caused by a |
| Anxiety disorders - Mental Health | | | | combination of biological, psychological |
| Anxiety disorders can take many forms. | | | | and environmental factors. |
| You may experience free-floating anxiety | | | | Symptoms Of Mental Health Disturbance |
| without knowing exactly why you're | | | | ACTING DIFFERENT THAN USUAL. Can you |
| feeling that way. You may suffer from | | | | link this change in behavior to |
| sudden, intense panic attacks that | | | | something that has happened recently? |
| strike without warning. Your anxiety may | | | | Any event, such as the death of a close |
| come in the form of extreme social | | | | relative, or even something positive - |
| inhibition or in unwanted obsessions and | | | | like a job promotion - can trigger a |
| compulsions. Or you may have a phobia of | | | | troublesome emotional reaction. |
| an object or situation that doesn't seem | | | | BECOMES AGGRESSIVE, RUDE, AND ABUSIVE |
| to bother other people. | | | | OVER MINOR INCIDENTS. Are there remarks |
| Symtoms Of Anxiety Disorders | | | | about groups or individuals "out to get |
| - Apprehension, uneasiness, and dread | | | | me?" If that last remark was made in all |
| - Impaired concentration or selective | | | | seriousness, and blowups and violent |
| attention | | | | physical behavior occur, there is a |
| - Feeling restless or on edge | | | | strong indication some help may be |
| Mental Health - Type of Dementia | | | | required. |
| Dementia is the loss of mental | | | | The greatest symptoms which trigger |
| functions, such as thinking, memory and | | | | mental health concerns have to do with |
| reasoning, that is severe enough to | | | | the person's ability to function. When |
| interfere with a person's daily life. | | | | they suddenly start missing a lot of |
| Dementia is not a disease itself, but | | | | work or school or losing jobs, not |
| rather a group of symptoms that may | | | | eating or eating too much, barely |
| accompany certain diseases or | | | | sleeping or not sleeping at all, and |
| conditions. Symptoms may involve changes | | | | seem to be irritable or angry with |
| in personality, mood and behavior. | | | | everyone and everything, these are |
| Causes of Dementia | | | | usually early symptoms of mental health |
| - Vascular disorders, such as | | | | issues. As symptoms progress the |
| multi-infarct dementia, which is caused | | | | individual may experience self harm such |
| by multiple strokes in the brain | | | | as cutting or burning themselves and |
| - Depression | | | | taking unnecessary risks with their |
| - Infections of the central nervous | | | | safety. |