Mental Illness

Mental illness

I have looked into some of the main mental illnesses to help me develop my ideas, which if I decide to develop I will conduct further research into, also I will look at the links between creativity and mental illness. 

OCD

OCD is a illness that is very commonly found and when you have this disorder you fear and are really scared and worried if they have to stray from their usual routine. You obsess about small things and have to have everything perfect. As it suggests by the name if you suffer from this you are very over compulsive and paranoid, if things don't appear in the way that they are used to then they can get really distressed and upset. Suffered have obsessions about sometimes tiny details and fantasies about these things. It is believed that OCD can be caused by a significant event in a persons life, but can also be passed down from the parents or further back in the family. OCD can be treated by both medication and therapy.

http://www.thecalmzone.net/help/get-help/obsessions-compulsions/?gclid=CMOemNXeiL4CFQ7MtAodzR4AlQ

Depression

Depression is a sense of really low mood that effects the the persons behavior and sense of well being, it makes the person feel worthless, hurt and can then if not treated can go on to lead to suicide at worse. Depression can be caused by a significant life event such as a loss, illness or anything that could seriously effect you mentally. It can be treated with medicine, but a lot of people don't realise they have it and it goes on untreated. 

http://www.depressionalliance.org/information/what-depression

Bipolar disorder

Bipolar is a disorder which is where you have very dramatic mood swings that can happen in seconds. They are call episodes which can go on for minutes or even for weeks and it can really create a impact on or daily life. You are also advices to change you lifestyle to give you the best outlook on improving the mood swings. It is also known as manic depression disorder, the main ways that is found is through the genetics, but can be bought on by extreme stress and life changing incidents. It can be treated both with medicine and therapy but like many mental disorders it can never be cured.

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfo/problems/bipolardisorder/bipolardisorder.aspx

Schizophrenia

This is the breakdown of the thought process which leads to a deranged emotional response. Symptoms could be any of delusions, paranoia, hallucinations, disorganized thoughts and depression. Suffered often avoid any social situations and want to avoid as much communication as possible. Schizophrenia is usually only first identifiable when you are in late teens and is diagnosed by having repeated tests and your behavior is monitored. Scientists believe that this illness develops because of both genetics and environmental factors, but also of a trauma in a young age. 

Suffers tend to be socially awkward right from a young age. Schizophrenia is mainly treated with medication called chotic medication, but can also be treated with therapy along side the medication. There are other types of schizophrenia others worse than some, the same with most mental illnesses. Suffers tend to lose touch with reality and are in there own little world.   



http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/schizophrenia/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Phobias

These are classes as anxiety disorders, these types of phobias are persistent and are really serious fears. So serious that these fears make you not want to leave the house. Suffered group to really great lengths to avoid these fears, for example moving house, even dramatically changing there lifestyle. Phobias can make suffers treat a situation where the phobia is involved very irrationally. Suffers feel really trapped and scared. Phobias can be of anything and can be caused by anything a traumatic event, influences from other people and it is stored in the frontal lobes of the brain which trigger the reaction to the phobia. Treatments that can help phobias are hypnotherapy, therapy, but you can also be shocked into changing.


http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/phobias/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Autism

This is a illness that is usually diagnosed at a young age and is a life long illness. It effects hoe communicates and relate to other people,but can effect people differently because it is a spectrum illness. Suffers are often over sensitive to sounds, touch, taste, smells and light. Asbergers is a part of autism and suffers of this particular form are usually found to have very high intelligence, but the condition is often confused in the eye of the public. 

Autistic people find it hard to understand jokes and sarcasm and don't pick up on facial expressions or change in tone of voice. They also find it hard to pick up on social understanding and commonly used slang, also they tend to live in the moment and struggle to think about the future and find I hard to stray from routines. Research again suggests that this disability is caused by genetics and environmental reasons. There has been developments to improve learning and development for suffers, it's hard to diagnose, but there is a push to diagnose so help and support is offered.

http://www.autism.org.uk/about-autism/autism-and-asperger-syndrome-an-introduction/what-is-autism.aspx