[www.keralites.net] Mental Disorders

 

 

MENTAL DISORDERS Mental disorders pose one of the biggest health challenges today. One out of five suffers from mental disorders. The trend is rising. The common causes, apart from biological causes, are setbacks in life, grief, poor coping skills, faulty upbringing, high pace high demands of modern life, complex social structure, rapidly changing human values, lack of role models, poor support system, influence of media etc. There are many different categories of mental disorder, and many different facets of human behavior and personality that can become disordered. The causes of mental disorders are generally complex and vary depending on the particular disorder and the individual. Although the causes of some mental disorders are unknown, it has been found that different Biological, Psychological, and Environmental Factors can all contribute to the development of mental disorders. Most mental disorders are a result of a combination of several different factors rather than just a single factor. Till now mental illness such as depression and schizophrenia was believed to be caused by problematic relationships between children and their parents but more recent view is that mental disorders tend to result from genetic dispositions and environmental stressors. Our society is changing fast and the demands are challenging. These demands call for in-depth acceptance and constant adjustments. Modes of communication are rising but true communication is lacking. More and more people feel misunderstood, alone and unwanted. Emotions are unsatisfied and mind management skills are lacking. Everything happening at personal, social, professional or day to day life has profound psychological impact. Job stress and poor interpersonal skills at both social and family level are showing its effect on mental level. This affects people's ability to think, feel, act in effective manner. This affects the happiness and progress in life, so psychological complaints are rising alarmingly. And to add to these factors now a day there are many new diseases coming up in body. Body resistance power is diminished. The world needs a healing system, which has safe and effective treatment for such complaints. The answer lies in homeopathy. It is the most safe and effective treatment method of psychological, psycho somatic and psychosexual complaints. Psychotherapy and psychiatric medication are two treatment options mostly resorted to but they alone cannot give full and complete cure. There are no medical or scientific tests that can prove mental disorders are medical conditions. Psychiatric diagnosis is based solely on opinion. People experience depression, anxiety and sadness, some people can become irrational and/or psychotic but this doesn't make them 'diseased' There are no genetic tests, no brain scans, blood tests, chemical imbalance tests or X-rays that can scientifically/medically prove any mental disorder is a medical condition. Bi-Polar, Schizophrenia, ADHD, Social Anxiety Disorder, Depression – these are all psychiatric labels. People are being labeled based not on medical tests, only on psychiatric opinion. These labels are problematic for numerous reasons. The first of which is that these labels become part of their permanent medical records and for many many years they are treated on these lines only Common disorder include specific phobias, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Mood disorder, major depression and Bipolar disorder are also in this category. Disorders of belief and perception of reality can also become mental disorder e.g., delusions, thought disorder, hallucinations. Schizophrenia and delusional disorder are called psychotic disorders. Eating disorders involve disproportionate eating (obesity), Sleep disorders, Sexual disorders may be are considered mental disorders. People who are abnormally unable to resist certain urges or impulses that could be harmful are also mental disorder. The use of drugs- drug additions - (legal or illegal, including alcohol), when it persists despite significant problems is also a mental disorder. People who suffer severe disturbances of their self-identity, memory and general awareness of themselves and their surroundings is called having a dissociative identity disorder. A range of developmental disorders that initially occur in childhood, and continue into adulthood are called dissocial personality disorder. Premenstrual syndromes also come under mental disorder. Some mental disorders can also have above-average creativity, meticulousness, or empathy. Some of the genius in history had mental disorders. CAUSES There are a number of theories or models seeking to explain the causes (etiology) of mental disorders. Mental disorders can arise from multiple sources, and in many cases there is no single cause. It incorporates biological, psychological and social factors. The most common view is that disorders tend to result from genetic dispositions and environmental stressors, combining to cause patterns of distress or dysfunction or, more sharply, trigger disorders Biological psychiatry mentions mental disorders are disorders of brain circuits likely to be caused by developmental processes and a complex interplay of genetics. A common assumption is that disorders may have resulted from genetic and developmental disharmony, exposed by stress in development. Many types of mental disorder are now viewed as primarily neuro-development disorders. Social disorder and disability also play a part. Many factors like abuse, neglect, bullying, social stress, other negative or overwhelming life experiences etc… can cause mental disorders. Some chronic general medical conditions and poorer general health has been found among individuals with severe mental illnesses. Abnormal functioning of neurotransmitter like serotonin, nor-epinephrine, dopamine and glutamate systems and others, has been cause in several mental disorders. Serious psychological stress or trauma, birth complications, infections, and exposure to alcohol or cocaine., thought to be due to direct and indirect factors. Drug like cannabis, alcohol and caffeine damage "white matter" in the brain which affects thinking and memory and produce mental disorder. The impact that a traumatic event has on an individual varies from individual to individual in producing mental disorder. Stresses and strains related to socioeconomic position have been linked to the occurrence of major mental disorders, with a lower or more insecure educational, occupational, economic or social position. There are differences when treating mental disorders. You need to be able to set aside your biases and be non-critical and non-judgmental. You need to treat the patient with respect. All problems are due to a disturbance of the vital force, Once you are label with mental disorder you are now for life time with this label, which is based solely on opinion, and now this becomes part of your medical record, despite the fact there is no medical evidence to prove you are "mentally ill" and you do not have a mental "illness." The same is true of all psychiatric diagnoses. Psychiatric diagnoses are simply lists of behaviors that psychiatrists have compiled into little lists, given a name, and added "disorder" on the end.

 

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