An individual's ability to think, regulate their emotions, or behave normally is clinically significant when they have a mental condition. It frequently results in distress or functional impairment in key areas. Mental diseases come in a wide variety of forms. The term "mental health conditions" can also be used to describe mental diseases. The latter is a more inclusive phrase that encompasses mental illnesses, psychosocial disabilities, and (other) mental states linked to considerable distress, functional impairment, or risk of self-harm.

There are many different mental health diseases that can influence your emotions, thinking, and behavior collectively referred to as mental illness, often known as mental health disorders. Examples of mental illnesses include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating problems, and addictive behaviors.

Many people experience temporary problems with their mental health. But when persistent symptoms lead to regular stress and impair your ability to perform, a mental health worry turns into a mental disorder.

Your daily life, including issues at work, school, and in relationships, might become terrible as a result of a mental illness. Most often, a combination of medicines and talk therapy can be used to control symptoms (psychotherapy).

With anxiety and depressive illnesses being the most prevalent, 1 in 8 individuals, or 970 million people worldwide, lived with a mental disorder in 2019.

1. The COVID-19 pandemic greatly increased the number of persons in 2020 that were affected by anxiety and depressive illnesses. According to early projections, major depressive disorders, and anxiety disorders will both rise by 26% and 28% in just one year, respectively.
2. Despite the fact that there are excellent methods for both prevention and therapy, the majority of persons with mental problems do not have access to them. Additionally, a lot of people encounter prejudice, stigma, and human rights violations.

Medical harm can result from diagnoses because, particularly if they are mental illnesses, new symptoms or complaints are frequently regarded as only being related to prior diagnoses. It doesn't matter if they are suffering from a physical or psychological condition, are acute or chronic, or are exhibiting clear signs of distress. If you want to pursue treatment, you run the risk of being misdiagnosed or given the wrong medication and of not being able to find any doctors who will take your problems seriously. It can sometimes result in long-term or seriously risky health conditions when care is not provided or you are turned away. If you have a mental health diagnosis, it is likely that they will start out by trying to medicate you because "prophylactic" treatment for "mental disease" falls well within the norm of professional prescribing. You run an increased chance of receiving a wrong diagnosis and receiving the wrong medicine due to the hazards associated with taking psychiatric medications, including withdrawal syndromes and side effects that could be deadly or permanently incapacitating. Your risk of experiencing additional side effects, unfavorable results, misdiagnosis, and mismedication increases if you take more medications as a result of mismedicating once more.

Being diagnosed young could suggest that you started using drugs at a young age, which would present additional or heightened hazards and seriously impede your ability to grow physically and mentally as you should.

Use of these drugs, particularly in patients who are pre-adults, may be accompanied by physical dependence and long-term or permanent problems or health concerns. If you don't use drugs, everything in life can be attributed to you not taking your prescription, but if you do, everything in life can be attributed to you being so sick that you need to take chemicals that alter your brain (and take them on a regular basis, furthermore). Public services like the police and social assistance agencies might be less likely to assist you objectively or effectively. In addition to any symptoms you may be experiencing, a diagnosis may cause you to be treated differently by employers, teachers, friends, family members, and anyone involved in social and career possibilities. This might make it difficult for you to navigate society normally.

Legally, some nations or regions do have laws against discrimination in employment and rental situations, but typically you have to keep your status a secret until after you have a contract. And even then, it's common for people with mental illnesses to violate or ignore the legal protections meant to ensure their medical privacy, access to both public and private treatment, and institutional equality. There is rarely anything useful that can be done when that occurs, yet in a very small number of instances, adjustments or compensation can be successfully sought. As a safety precaution, certain industries or professions forbid mental health diagnoses. Some people are willing to tolerate or even accommodate people with specific diagnoses or symptoms.

WHO Response

The WHO's Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2030 acknowledges the crucial contribution mental health makes to achieving health for all. Four main goals are included in the plan:

• To improve efficient leadership and governance of mental health.
• To deliver thorough, responsive, and integrated mental health and social care services in community-based settings.
• To put into practice strategies for mental health promotion and prevention.
• To improve information systems, empirical data, and research in this area.

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