Is mental health only a balancing act?

Question

Are mental and emotional problems caused by brain pathology?

are the fundamental reason for mental disorders a physical problem in the brain?

Answer 1

there are two reasons a person has mental and emotional problems. one is organic, that the brain chemistry is not working, properly, which is usually genetic. The other is cognitive, or the way we think and process external information that makes people sick. there is no cure for a organic illness, and medication is usually the treatment. for cognitive illness, therapy works best. a medication regime can be added to a cognitive illness, but can be removed, when a person is recovered

Answer 2

some mental disorders are genetic so you are born with an imbalance in your brain. usually it is a chemical reaction or not enough of one that causes the problem ie serotonin levels. some mental disorders are learnt behaviours, ie the more the brain experiences the chemical reaction the more you will create the experience to recreate the same effect( chemically) to break out of habits such as negative thinking( which can lead to depression etc) you need to retrain the brain by reinforcing positive thoughts which make the brain release a different set of chemicals. so unless there is a malformation of the brain then mental health is changeable.
hope that made sense?

Answer 3

Well yes and no, i would say it would depend on the person, the disorder, if there is a chemiacal embalance, and a lot of other facts, you just can not come to that , cause everyone is not the same, and some of them are not having a chemical imbalance in their brain, but other factors have caused what they are going through.

Answer 4

I one sense you are correct but in life's realities you need to see mental health as a group thing. Few people can sustain ridicule by their social group for any length of time. To be strong means join a group and let them control and support you. Some have a spiritual connection to survive friends and family and that works too. Be sure that all people everywhere must come to terms with survival needs.

Answer 5

Hi I'm 19, from the uk and suffer depression and anxiety and severe self harm. I spent 7 months of last year in a teen psychiatric hospital. I voluntarily admitted myself by going to a and e (with my mother as I was only 17 at the time) we waited for a shrink to assess me. We waited 7 hours in a and e. total nightmare! My mum was anorexic and sadly died suddenly the next day, after I'd been admitted. If you tell them your suicidal and want to go into hospital, be sure it's what you want. If you tell them you want to kill yourself and then change your mind about going to hospital you will probably be sectioned. After my mum died I tried to discharge myself but they threatened me with a section 3 (6 months in hosp at least). But if your sure hospital is what you want, go to a and e, or you can actually phone an ambulance, and tell them as honestly as you can how you feel. Good luck chuck x

Answer 6

basically