Mental Health Issues.
                     MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
INTRODUCTION
• Mental health problems range from the worries we all experience as part of everyday life to 
serious long-term conditions. The majority of people who experience mental health problems can 
get over them or learn to live with them, especially if they get help early on.
Source: www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH 
PROBLEMS
• Mental health problems are usually defined and classified to enable professionals to refer people 
for appropriate care and treatment. But some diagnoses are controversial and there is much 
concern in the mental health field that people are too often treated according to or described by 
their label. 
Source: www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
CONDITIONS
Anxiety Disorders
• Everyone can experience anxiety, but when symptoms are overwhelming and constant — often 
impacting everyday living — it may be an anxiety disorder.
Source: www.nami.org
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity 
Disorder (ADHD)
• ADHD is a developmental disorder defined by inattention (trouble staying on task, listening); 
disorganization (losing materials); and hyperactivity-impulsivity (fidgeting, difficulty staying seated 
or waiting).
Source: www.nami.org
Bipolar Disorder
• Bipolar disorder causes dramatic shifts in a person's mood, energy and ability to think clearly. 
Individuals with this disorder experience extreme high and low moods, known as mania and 
depression. Some people can be symptom-free for many years between episodes.
Source: www.nami.org
Borderline Personality 
Disorder
• BPD is characterized by a pattern of instability in emotions (commonly referred to as 
dysregulation), interpersonal relationships and self-image. Individuals with BPD can also struggle 
with impulsivity and self-harm.
Source: www.nami.org
Depression
• Depression involves recurrent, severe periods of clear-cut changes in mood, thought processes 
and motivation lasting for a minimum of two weeks. Changes in thought processes typically 
include negative thoughts and hopelessness. Depression also involves affects sleep/energy, 
appetite or weight.
Source: www.nami.org
Dissociative Disorders
• Dissociative disorders, which are frequently associated with trauma, disrupt every area of 
psychological functioning: consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, motor control and behavior.
Source: www.nami.org
Obsessive-Compulsive 
Disorder
• OCD involves persistent, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors that a person 
feels driven to perform (compulsions) in response to those thoughts.
Source: www.nami.org
Schizoaffective Disorder
• Schizoaffective disorder involves symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations or 
delusions, and symptoms of a mood disorder, such as depressive or manic episodes.
Source: www.nami.org