The condition of physical, mental and social well being is considered as normal health. A healthy mind in a healthy body has been the main objective of human life for centuries. In mental health there is a balanced development of human personality and emotions. He can lead a harmonious life in the society. Today's era is the era of mental stress. Almost every human being is tense in this. According to statistics, symptoms of mental illness are found in one out of every 10 people.
There are three main qualities found in a mentally healthy person.
1.Has the right attitude about himself. He considers himself secure and sufficient and has a sense of self-esteem.
2. He has a positive attitude towards others, takes interest in other people, is friendly with them. Understands his responsibility towards his fellows and neighbors.
He is able to fulfill the needs and obligations of his life.
When there is any deficiency in the above things, then mental diseases occur in the person. Whose symptoms are as follows.
- Often immersed in worry.
- Lack of concentration.
- Being extremely sad or happy.
- Being unusually irritable or angry in nature.
- Not getting proper sleep.
- Living separately or alone from others.
- Feeling scared without any reason.
- Excessive consumption of drugs.
- Laughing or crying for no reason
- Excessive tension or pain in the body and muscles without any physical reason.
causes of mental illness
For a long time it was a misconception that mental illness is caused by evil spirits or ghosts etc. entering the body, during that time mental patients were locked in prison-like cells. They were kept away from the rest of the society. But in today's scientific era, this belief has completely ended. There are some causes and symptoms of mental diseases which are as follows.
Causes of mental illness: -
- Psychological reasons :- Excessive anxiety, emotional stress, despair.
- Second social reason :- Like economic loss, unemployment, lack of family harmony, tension in marital relations, death of a close relative.
- Environment :- Such as accident, excessive noise etc.
- Side effects of radiations, infectious diseases, epidemics.
- Habit of intoxication :- like consumption of alcohol, opium, poppy, drugs etc.
- Physical diseases :- like heart attack, cancer, TB, paralysis, diabetes etc.
- Parental reason :- If a member of the family has a mental illness, the possibility of mental illness in his children is very strong.
Symptoms of mental diseases. and their type.
The following symptoms are found in mental patients.
- :- Insanity or mania which we call sycosis, the symptoms seen in this are not sleeping properly, speaking excessively, talking nonsense, wandering unnecessarily, abusing, fighting, laughing or crying without any reason, doubting, seeing things. Hearing voices that are not really there.
- :- neurotic condition, which is also called neurosis, its symptoms include nervousness, feeling stressed, loss of interest in work, depression, loneliness, headache, hallucinations, frequent thoughts, thoughts of dying and suicide.
- :- Seizures of epilepsy and hysteria, stiffness of hands and legs, stiffness of jaws, frothing at the mouth, biting of tongue. Passing urine on your own
- :- Mental diseases found in children such as bed wetting, retardation, behavioral problems.
Testing of mental diseases.
- :- The most important contribution in the diagnosis of mental diseases is the information provided by the patient and his relatives.
- :- Apart from this, the cause and diagnosis of the disease can be detected by the examination of the patient by the mental illness doctor.
- The tests to be done in this are as follows.
- : - Psychological test which is called psychological testing.
- : - Personality test which is also called personality test.
- :- IQ test.
- :- EEG, brain mapping.
- :- X ray etc.
Treatment of mental diseases.
The following treatments are possible for this.
- :- Drug treatment like is called drug therapy.
- : - Also called electroconvulsive therapy like ECT.
- :- Psychiatry or Psychotherapy
- : - Behavioral therapy, which is also called behavior therapy
- :- Marriage related counseling Marital therapy.
- : - Child Counseling Clinic which is also called Child Guidance Clinic.