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Smoking and Mental Illness A proportionally large number of people with mental illness smoke. The smoking rate in the general population is just over 20% (Glassman 1999), while the proportion of people with schizophrenia who smoke may be as high as 90%. Why Do People With Mental
Coping With Hearing Voices Most people in modern-day western culture think of hearing voices as a clear sign of mental illness but it's as well to remember that not everyone shares this opinion. A report published by the British Psychological Society in (2000) claims that 10-15%
Parents with Mental Illness Being a parent with mental illness can be both challenging and rewarding. People often stigmatise and assume that children born to people with mental illness will experience social and emotional difficulties, that they may be abused or neglected
Recovery from Severe Mental Illness Approaches to Recovery: The medical model. The medical model is the traditional approach to recovery from severe mental illness. It considers recovery to be a reduction in symptoms, a reduced need for medication and a reduced need for medical and social
Mental Illness: Advocacy What Is Advocacy? Advocacy is a means of supporting and helping people to speak up or act for themselves. The key aims of mental health advocacy are to empower people who use mental health services and to protect their rights as citizens by helping them
Mental Illness: Talking To Doctors Talking to doctors can be difficult at the best of times: Doctors are sometimes not used to people asking for explanations: there is a tradition of doctors «talking down» to patients as if they were children.
Talking About Severe Mental Illness A diagnosis of severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, is likely to be very disturbing to the person affected and their family. It may be difficult to come to terms with what is happening and it may take some time before everyone can begin to deal
Living With Severe Mental Illness For many people, accepting that they have a severe mental health problem is very difficult. But accepting this fact is essential to beginning the process of learning to live with the condition. Psychiatrists call this developing insight.
Research Into Mental Illness There is an enormous amount of research into severe mental illness. Here we summarise a small amount of this research, focussing upon those areas most frequently asked about. If you are looking for research on a specific topic or you need in depth
Depression: Introduction And Symptoms Everyone experiences variations in mood, blues that come and go, disappointments, the normal grief that accompanies the loss of someone you love. But a severe or prolonged depression that interferes with the ability to function, feel pleasure, or maintain
Dual Diagnosis Dual diagnosis is the co-occurence of mental health problems and substance misuse (alcohol an/or drug dependence). Thirty-seven percent of alcohol abusers and 53% of drug abusers also have at least one serious mental illness. Dual diagnosis can include
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Introduction Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a genetically determined condition that affects those parts of the brain that control attention, impulses and concentration, It is thought to affect 3-7% of school age childre but does also affect adults.
Childhood Severe Mental Illness It is easy for parents to identify their child's physical needs: nutriticous food, warm clothes when it's cold, bedtime at a reasonable hour. However, a child's mental and emotional needs may not be as obvious. The basics for a child's good mental health
Symptoms and Types of Anxiety Disorder? Anxiety, worry and fear are feelings that everyone experiences from time to time. Over short periods of time they can be useful emotions, helping us to respond to challenging or dangerous situations. They prepare the body to take action to protect
Personality Disorders Each of us has a personality or group of characteristics (called traits) which influence the way we think, feel & behave and makes us a unique individual. Someone may be described as having a 'personality disorder' if their personal characteristics

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