what are the differences between mental and physical illness?

Answer 1

Think of depression VS eczema - Eczema is seen and has nothing to do with anything internal, whereas depression is mental and requires a different kind of treatment. :)

Answer 2

There is no difference. mental illnesses are illnesses of the brain, that are poorly understood and therefore there are no objective tests for them. Once a so-called mental illness is understood, it gets moved into another category and is then considered a physical illness, only a physical illness occurring in the brain. Other thoughts along this line: epilepsy is a brain disorder, but it is not considered a mental illness, schizophrenia is a brain disorder, but it is treated by psychiatrists instead of neurologists, so it's called a mental illness. Over 60% of people going to the primary care doctor actually have "mental illnesses" making them have back pain, stomach problems, pains, etc., so called physical illnesses. It's all the same. Our western culture has artificially seperated the brain from the rest of the body. Kind of rambling here. You wait and see, tho. In 30 years, there won't be a term "mental illness" anymore. There will be a name for each condition, instead, with lab tests and the whole thing like we have now for diabetes.

Answer 3

There is definite cause of physical illness which we can able to find with many diagnotic methods such as Laboratory examination of blood, urine, stool or any other body fluid, X-ray, CT-SCAN, MRI, BIOPSY, ECG, EEG, ULTRASONOGRAPHY and many others. There is organic cause causing anatomical or physiological impriment resulting in PHYSICAL ILLNESS WHERE AS IN MENTAL ILLNESS there is no organic cause, we not able to finf cause of mental illnees by any labortaory examination. The cause of mental illness is psychological.

Answer 4

Mental is in the mind, physical is what it is, physical. It's what you can see and feel.

Answer 5

Mental: Emotional or a corrupted mind. (ex: depressed, retarded)
Physical: There appearance appears abnormal. (ex: handicapp)

Answer 6

one's mental and one's physical?

Answer 7

physical illness you can see most of the time.
mental you cannot see.

Answer 8

mental ilness=mostly in ur head and ur sickness is in ur head; physical is outsider

Answer 9

mental illness is all in your head... you need a theropist to help you out.........

physical illness is not in your head..... you nedd a doctor to help you out............

Answer 10

the type of doctor you go to