| Mental health issues that are caused by | | | | been proven to be hereditary in some cases |
| stress can range from homicidal or other | | | | but that is the closest generalization that |
| violent acts towards oneself or drive others | | | | you can expect. |
| to addictions. The range of mental health | | | | |
| disorders that are stress related is so broad | | | | A very common mental illness that is caused |
| that it can be difficult to understand how | | | | by stress is manic/chronic depressive |
| two situations fall in the same category. The | | | | disorder. This is characterized by extreme |
| days of shock therapy are gone for the most | | | | highs and lows in moods for no apparent |
| part, but it still is used for certain mental | | | | reason. Sufferers are irrational and quick to |
| illnesses. Gone, too, is the routine | | | | change, in terms of mood. For example, if you |
| procedure of frontal lobotomies to calm | | | | suffer from this disorder you are happy-very |
| patients into total submissiveness. | | | | happy or sad---very sad for no apparent |
| | | | reason. Stress is a major cause of this |
| A large key to dealing with stress related | | | | problem. |
| mental health issues is to know how to | | | | |
| relieve stress. We now understand that men | | | | Eating disorders, which are also quite |
| who are returning from wars endure thoughts | | | | common, include anorexia (not eating), and |
| and images that affect them in ways that we | | | | bulimia (binging and purging) are also caused |
| have only begun to be aware of. Post | | | | by stress that arises from self esteem. |
| traumatic stress disorder which is caused by | | | | Anxiety disorders are characterized by having |
| stress can affect victims of abuse and | | | | an irrational dread of living one's life, to |
| violence of all types. Only recently have we | | | | the point where it is incapacitating. |
| begun to understand how traumatic events can | | | | |
| affect the people who survive them. | | | | Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a form |
| | | | of anxiety disorder where a person obsesses |
| Despite the many types of mental health | | | | (thinks about) and is compulsive (does) about |
| disorders that currently exist because of | | | | a particular action such as washing their |
| stress, some of them tend to be much more | | | | hands, to the point where he or she repeats |
| common than others. Mental health disorders | | | | this action an inordinate amount of times. |
| are not discriminatory and affect everyone. | | | | Stress is a major aspect of our lives and can |
| They do not choose specific people or races | | | | lead to serious mental problems if not taken |
| to affect. Mental health disorders are equal | | | | under control. Learning to contain stress can |
| opportunity problems. These disorders have | | | | lead to your overall health. |