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  2. Mental health - Wikipedia

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    Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is a "state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and can contribute to his or her community". [1]

  3. Mental disorder - Wikipedia

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    The terms "mental breakdown" or "nervous breakdown" may be used by the general population to mean a mental disorder. [20] The terms "nervous breakdown" and "mental breakdown" have not been formally defined through a medical diagnostic system such as the DSM-5 or ICD-10 and are nearly absent from scientific literature regarding mental illness.

  4. Mental state - Wikipedia

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    A mental state, or a mental property, is a state of mind of a person. ... it is still very unclear what the term "phenomenal consciousness" is supposed to mean. [3] ...

  5. Psychiatry - Wikipedia

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    [14] Psychiatry treats mental disorders, which are conventionally divided into three general categories: mental illnesses, severe learning disabilities, and personality disorders. [15] Although the focus of psychiatry has changed little over time, the diagnostic and treatment processes have evolved dramatically and continue to do so.

  6. Mental distress - Wikipedia

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    Mental distress or psychological distress encompasses the symptoms and experiences of a person's internal life that are commonly held to be troubling, confusing or out of the ordinary. Mental distress can potentially lead to a change of behavior, affect a person's emotions in a negative way, and affect their relationships with the people around ...

  7. Serious mental illness - Wikipedia

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    Many people living with SMI experience institutional recidivism, which is the process of being admitted and readmitted into the hospital. [7] This cycle is due in part to a lack of support being available for people living with SMI after being released from the hospital, frequent encounters between them and the police, as well as miscommunication between clinicians and police officers. [7]

  8. Mind - Wikipedia

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    The mind is responsible for phenomena like perception, thought, feeling, and action.. The mind is that which thinks, feels, perceives, imagines, remembers, and wills.It covers the totality of mental phenomena, including both conscious processes, through which an individual is aware of external and internal circumstances, and unconscious processes, which can influence an individual without ...

  9. Borderline personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    [27] [28] The American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) classifies BPD in the dramatic cluster of personality disorders. [9] There is a risk of misdiagnosis, with BPD most commonly confused with a mood disorder, substance use disorder, or other mental health disorders. [9]