Friday, March 6, 2009

:: 1st Posting :: Reading for Information ::

Mental Illness


Reading for Information. For this 1st blog post, I want to talk about what is Mental Illness. Moreover, I’m one of many people who love to find many topics to increase my knowledge about things that not usually involved in my subject of study. When we read, it does not matter if it accidental reading or for finding information, it depends on the person themselves to find what they want in the internet.

People might know that mental illness causes by that person mental state that is not stable at that time or having personal problem. However, causes of mental illness also cause by physical state. From what I’ve learn in this article, mental illness mean ‘medical conditions that disrupt a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning’. It shows that a person medical conditions also effects from their way of thinking, feeling, mood and the most important thing is daily behaviour.

Mental illness can effect a person in any age, race, region or income. The depression that person feel not only felt to a person who have a difficult life but also a person who have everything from healthy body to prosperous life. The types of mental illness that I’ve learn from reading this article are major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and borderline personality disorder. Although people might say that mental illness taking a long time to recover, but as long as it can be cure, there’s hope, right?

These articles also state some important facts about mental illness and how to recover from it. For examples, the fact that mental illnesses usually strike individuals in the prime of their lives, often during adolescence and young adulthood. Moreover, all ages are susceptible, but the young and the old are especially vulnerable. It shows that during young and old age, the consequences of getting mental illness is bigger that during mature age.

The method to cure mental illness also being state in this article, and I have more knowledge in how to overcome with a person who in mental illness problem. However, the best method to cure mental illness is early identification and treatment is of vital importance; and by ensuring access to the treatment and recovery supports that are proven effective. Recovery from Mental Illness is accelerated and the further harm related to the course of illness is minimized if we take precaution about this problem seriously.

Finally, the exercise that could be form from this article is basically involved in classified the meaning of Mental Illness, to whom the Mental Illness would effect, types of Mental Illness, and facts about Mental Illness.

That's it for now..please enjoy the video that's involved Mental Illness...

1 comment:

  1. Good job and you included a video as well. Full mark for first posting and with more practice you will be a good blogger soon

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