Questions tagged [mental-illness]
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Can someone get mentally retarded suddenly?
Can someone, after having anger to a large level or anxiety to a large level, develop mental retardation?
In simple words, can someone being normal and mental sound, become mentally retarded in just a ...
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Mental/psychiatric illnesses/disorders: natural or social kinds? [closed]
What is the stance (i.e., that which is most prevalent across the psych "community" —both research and applied) on whether mental illnesses are inventions, discoveries, or some combination ...
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Is there a mental illness that almost completely stops you from thinking?
I know the title seems insane, and this is most likely impossible, but is there a mental illness that almost stops a person from thinking? By thinking I mean the "talking in your head" thing....
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Is there a general order in which mental health issues are addressed in patients that can't specify which issue is most important to them?
Assume the patient is of average intelligence, high-functioning and not an immediate danger to themself or others but shows symptoms compatible with multiple diagnoses suggesting multiple contrasting ...
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Is There A Name For Total Personality Disorder(A+B+C)? [closed]
I've been researching what sort of mental illness I am contending with because years of working with doctors has been a practice of throwing darts in the dark and missing every target. Various ...
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Differences between mental health and emotion health
I have zero background in psychology and healthcare. Recently I started to read health topics online by googling. I supposed one's health can be broadly categorised into genetic, physical, mental, ...
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What recreational drugs have especially negative interactions with bipolar disorder?
I'm trying to find out which recreational drugs have the biggest negative interactions with BD (bipolar disorder types I and II) but haven't been able to find strong research.
I especially ...
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Regarding a mental disorder of finding pleasure and lose attraction
Say, a man is trying to find pleasure in doing something. he assumes he can have pleasure with playing, but just a while after start playing he feels definitely it can give him some pleasure. At that ...
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why we failed to convince our own mind by reasoning and rational arguments over mental illness like depression, anxiety, phobia?
For example, one of my friend has fear of heights, even if there is a strong glass window and no reason for him to fall off. He is even aware and admits his fear is irrational.
Many may say it’s in ...
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Where to find patient responses on Rorschach's Inkblot test?
I am looking to find data that has patient's responses to Rorschach's inblots as well and their associated diagnosis ( Mainly looking into patients that have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, ...
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What could be the cause of behavioural or personality change?
One of my close friends is having a behavioural or perosnality change. He used to be polite and civil but these days (since about 10 months) he is very aggresive and mean. He has been recently ...
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What is the difference between personality disorder and other types of mental illness?
From Personality disorders - Mayo Clinic:
A personality disorder is a type of mental disorder in which you have a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning and behaving. A person with a ...