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Are mental illnesses real?   -    In this, the final, part we will do two further things. First, we will step back from the particular arguments for and against the legitimacy of mental illness , and focus  ...

Most Common Mental Illnesses On College Campuses - Open up your eyes and ears. Mental illnesses are real and they are prevalent within our society, especially for college students. On a national level, ...

Mental illnesses are real, seek help - Dear black people, a psychiatric hospital is not only for psychotic people. Psychosis is a severe mental disorder in which thoughts and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality. I have to say this, because of how my news of being admitted to a specialist psychiatric hospital was ..

Schizophrenia, Caregivers And Mental Health Education - Schizophrenia and many mental illnesses , however, are highly politicized conditions. Academics in Mad Studies, for example, argue that mental illnesses aren't real and that people "labelled" with these disorders are just experiencing intense forms of normal human distress. Key figures in this field ...

The Politics, Stigma and Experience of Brain Disorders: A Blog Series I think it allows us to consider them less important than "real" brain disorders , such as tumors and strokes. Mental illnesses are too often tossed aside as conditions that take place in the mind. (Last I knew, the mind was in the brain, and the brain ...

What's the latest workplace stress?  - They are also more likely to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental illnesses. Workers hide their real emotions to please customers, ...

10 Things I've Learned in My 10 Years of Eating Disorder Recovery - These reactions stem from failure to realize that mental illnesses are as real as physical ones. You wouldn't blame someone for having cancer, so you ...