Bipolar disorder is a chronic illness with recurring episodes of mania (extreme happiness) and depression (extreme sadness) that can last from one day to months. This mental illness causes unusual and dramatic shifts in mood, energy, and the ability to think clearly. Cycles of high (manic) an...
This study comprises an investigation of the impact of causal attributions of mental illness on the social withdrawal inclination of people with chronic mental illnesses (PCMIs) in China. Drawing on attribution theory and a sample of PCMIs, the current authors further question the effectiveness of ...
What Is Mental Illness? A mental health disorder is defined as any condition that affects a person’s thoughts, behaviors or moods. While some mental health disorders last for a limited period, others are chronic and lifelong. When these issues cause high levels of stress or affect their daily...
It will take more than universal access to a low-spending, high-volume health system to tackle these challenges. “ Physical illness is not the only drag on the country’s life expectancy: more than 30 000 Japanese people take their own lives each year, perhaps the continuing aftereffect of...
Exit exceptionalism: Mental disease is like any other medical disease A letter to the editor in response to the article "Mental illness is like any other medical illness: A critical examination of the statement and its impact... B Hofmann - 《Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Jpn》 被引量...
A major public policy problem is the extremely low labor force participation of people with severe mental illness coupled with their overrepresentation on the public disability rolls. This situation is especially troubling given the exis... JA Cook - 《Psychiatric Services》 被引量: 234发表: 2006...
Living life with a chronic illness is definitely not easy. But I do my best to push through all the barriers this illness puts in front of me! In my heart and mind, I believe maintaining a positive outlook on all situations in life will carry us through
when their child is diagnosed with a chronic medical illness, such as Type 1 diabetes or asthma. It is also common for parents to feel angry. No one chooses to have a child with a medical condition. In most cases, these types of diagnoses are a shock to both the parent and...
We evaluated the cumulative illness burden of chronic illnesses using the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS) [18]. The CIRS was developed as a simple, yet reliable measure of chronic physical and mental illnesses. It includes 14 organ systems, and the severity and/or impairment of each syst...
The virus being known as the Borna virus; Scientists' excitement that this is the first solid clue that an infectious agent may be linked to mental illness; Prevalence of the Borna virus antibodies in those with certain mental illnesses; Report in the July 1996 'Molecular Psychiatry.'...