Mental Illness

A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitting, or occur as a single episode. Many disorders have been described, with signs and symptoms that vary widely between specific disorders. Such disorders may be diagnosed by a mental health professional. The causes of mental disorders are often unclear. Theories may incorporate findings from a range of fields. Mental disorders are usually defined by a combination of how a person behaves, feels, perceives, or thinks. This …

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 November 2024 English

The Western welfare state model is beset with structural, financial, and moral crises. So-called scroungers, cheats, and disability fakers persistently occupy the centre of public policy discussions, even as official …

thousands of cases might point to depression and mental illness, marriage break-up, intermittent and episodic


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

Prisoners’ Bodies investigates the history of the Irish ordinary prisoners’ movement and how it was shaped by public discourse, highlighting the lived experiences of individual people in prison.

Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland’s explo- ration of mental illness in nineteenth century Irish prisons, and Mary


FNIGC: First Nations Information Governance Centre · 24 September 2024 English

of adults who did 42% not use cannabis… had of adults who participated used cannabis in Traditional 43% occasionally… physical of adults who used activities 46% cannabis daily… within of …

government in 2007 to study mental health, mental illness and addiction. About FNIGC The First Nations


Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Health and Community Services · 16 September 2024 English

Areas of improvement included: Doorways to provide short term mental health care to individuals; Bridge the Gapp as an accessible resource for family members; the new mental health hospital providing …

the difference between mental wellness and mental illness, especially when talking in the media. She stability, and employment, etc. On the other hand, mental illness is a chronic health condition. Areas of improvement Families. Challenges included: Individuals with mental illness are not easily treated with a few counselling


McMaster Health Forum · 16 September 2024 English

COVID-19 Living Evidence Synthesis 13.2c - appendices: Effectiveness of quarantine on the reduction of the transmission of respiratory infectious diseases (RIDs: i.e., COVID-19, H1N1, SARS, and MERS)

disease. Filgueiras, Risk factors for potential mental illness among Brazilians in Psychological wrong A.


McMaster Health Forum · 16 September 2024 English

COVID-19 Living Evidence Synthesis 13.2b - appendices: Unintended health and social consequences of isolation and quarantine for respiratory infectious diseases (RIDs: i.e., COVID-19, H1N1, SARS, and MERS)

disease. Filgueiras, Risk factors for potential mental illness among Brazilians in Psychological wrong A.


Community Foundation Canada · 16 September 2024 English

small- and medium-sized enterprises The new Storyteller-in-Residence program is part of UVic’s commitment to ʔetal nəwəl — which means relationships with 11.4: Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the lands, …

abilities and interests, comfortable discussing mental illness. provide safe community spaces to gather, and


McMaster Health Forum · 16 September 2024 English

COVID-19 Living Evidence Synthesis 13.2a - appendices: Effectiveness of isolation on the reduction of the transmission of respiratory infectious diseases (RIDs: i.e., COVID-19, H1N1, SARS, MERS)

disease. Filgueiras, Risk factors for potential mental illness among Brazilians in Psychological wrong A.


VTPI: Victoria Transport Policy Institute · 12 September 2024 English

This analysis indicates that children tend to be healthier and more successful growing up in compact neighborhoods where residents frequently walk and bicycle, drive less at lower speeds, have affordable …

rates and less visible social problems such as mental illness and homelessness, and wealthier residents which


AMSSA: Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Services Agencies of BC · 5 September 2024 English

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion & Values: Our identity, as Surrey Schools, is expressed in the shared values of openness, fairness and belonging and recognizes the importance of diversity of identity …

philosophy, principles and practices, mental health/mental illness, and concurrent and co-occurring disorders


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