How do you define illness?
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1.   \n organic breakdown or deterioration (e.g., tooth decay, heart failure, senility)\n \n2.\n obstruction (e.g., kidney stones, arterial blockage due to plaque build-up)\n \n3.\n injury (e.g., broken bones, bullet wounds)\n \n4.\n imbalance (e.g., too much or too little of specific hormones and salts in the blood)\n \n5.\n malnutrition (e.g., too much or too little food, not enough proteins, vitamins, or minerals)\n \n6.\n parasites (e.g., bacteria, viruses, amoebas,  worms)
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What is Mental Health?   \n\nMental health can mean different things to different people.  For example, self-esteem and the ability to care about others might be one description of mental health.  In addition, mentally healthy people understand that they are not perfect nor can they be all things to all people.  They experience a full range of emotions including sadness, anger, and frustration, as well as joy, love, and satisfaction.  While they typically can handle life's challenges and changes, they can reach out for help if they are having difficulty dealing with major traumas and transitions,  loss of loved ones,  relationship difficulties, school or work problems, and the prospect of retirement. \n\nWhat is Mental Illness? \n\nThe term "mental illness" actually encompasses numerous psychiatric disorders, and just like illnesses that affect other parts of the body they can vary in severity.  Many people suffering from mental illness may not look as though they are ill or that something is wrong, while others may appear to be confused, agitated, or withdrawn.  Mental illnesses are often disorders of the brain that disrupt a person's thinking, feelings, mood, and ability to relate to others.  Mental illness can manifest in a persistent depressed mood, unrelieved anxiety, or an inability to cope with the ordinary demands of life.  \n\nMental illnesses can affect persons of any age, race, religion, or income.  It is a myth that mental illness is a sign of weakness or defect in character and that sufferers can get better simply by "pulling themselves up by their bootstraps".  Mental illnesses are  (illnesses)  as real as heart disease and cancer  and they require, and respond to, treatment.  As a diabetic may control their diet, make changes in their lifestyle, or take insulin, so a person with mental illness may need to assess their lifestyle, make changes, or take medications.  Counseling and other mental health and community services can provide support and stability, contributing to recovery.  (For more information, refer to www.nami.org/illness)
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if you go by the dictionary, its got a negative meaning but in cloquial slang, its got a positive meaning\nsame goes for the word 'sick'
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it's probably a sickness...
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Some refinement of this question is most important.\n\nWhat is the mental illness you suffer?  Or, at least, what are the symptoms you are attributing to the mental illness?\n\nMany mental illnesses are characterized by difficulties coping with one or more of life's inescapable stressors; often, either recognizing the stressors and minimizing them, or recognizing the difficulty that is experienced in dealing with them and then learning new patterns of handling the stressor is quite enough.\n\nSome forms of mental illness appear to be due to hereditary malfunctions of critical communications systems in the brain--chemical messengers and their receptors & transmitters, on the whole, though not universally--and these require medication, on the whole.
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mortality = death\nmorbidity = sickness
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Putting everything into perspective.  Find people that can relate to your situation and talk to those around you about your/their feelings.  Realize that what happens is not in your control.  But the way you respond to illness is up to you.  Try to be loving and caring when things are hard, but remember to be aware of the good times that come around.  Don't let any negativity overtake positive moments.
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I don't what prosion is but here's a little about mental health: \n\nMental health is a concept that refers to a human individual's emotional and psychological well-being. One way to think about mental health is by looking at how effectively and successfully a person functions. Feeling capable and competent; being able to handle normal levels of stress, maintain satisfying relationships, and lead an independent life; and being able to "bounce back," or recover from difficult situations, are all signs of mental health. \n\nMental health was first described as "mental hygiene" by Clifford Whittingham Beers in 1908, who founded the National Committee for Mental Hygiene in 1909 and actively campaigned for the rights of the mentally ill. Dr. William Glasser, a psychiatrist, described 'Mental Hygiene' in his book Mental Health or Mental Illness (1961), following the dictionary definition of hygiene as the establishment and maintenance of health, i.e. mental health.
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Apart the prior answer, I add that with “condition” is also identified the material and physical condition (status) of the organs or subject just due to the disease. Thus the condition is the actual consequence (visible or not) of the disease.
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Mental health is a concept that refers to a human individual's emotional and psychological well-being. Merriam-Webster defines mental health as "A state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life."\n\nAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is no one "official" definition of mental health. Cultural differences, subjective assessments, and competing professional theories all affect how "mental health" is defined. In general, most experts agree that "mental health" and "mental illness" are not opposites. In other words, the absence of a recognized mental disorder is not necessarily an indicator of mental health.\n\nOne way to think about mental health is by looking at how effectively and successfully a person functions. Feeling capable and competent; being able to handle normal levels of stress, maintain satisfying relationships, and lead an independent life; and being able to "bounce back," or recover from difficult situations, are all signs of mental health.
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Changes in the body caused by a disease or illness
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try this one on for size. phthisis. i had this one in english when i was in high school.\nthe definitions are:\n1. a wasting away.  \n2. pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease."\n\nWhat language is that underneath your question?
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You are kind of sick, did you know that? just an opinion.
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sick or not if you are positive you are positive- being sick does not give you the disease -the quicker it is diagnosed and treatment started the longer you will probably have less symptoms and go into full blown AIDS later-better than sooner- D
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YOUR sickness has been reported.\n\nGET WELL SOON
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What are the symptoms?