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Guest Post: The Difference Between Mental Health & Mental Illness by Amelia Blackwater

Bipolar Bandit

schizophrenia. McLean Hospital. *Mood disorders ex. depression or bipolar. Personality disorders ex. borderline personality disorder. Psychotic disorders ex. Substance abuse disorders ex. drug addictions. Trauma-related disorders ex. How does Mental Health & Mental Illness Intersect? Mental illness can’t always be fixed by these.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. Intrusive thoughts or flashbacks of a traumatic event are similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He has been practicing medicine in public hospital and private clinics since 2018.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

For the past seventy-two hours I had been a guest of Mercy Hospital’s emergency room and both the hospital and I had settled in for the wait. I had my own room, a real hospital bed instead of an ER examination cot, and a menu card for the next day’s meals. I think I need to go to a hospital.” I think…” I started. “I