2007-07-05 17:12:39 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
Nope
2007-07-05 17:14:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Mental illness is a decease that can by diagnosed.
When you say someone is "psycho" it generally means that you think they are out of their mind. I work with an awful lot of psychos but none of them are mentally ill. They're just nuts!
If you mean psycho as in being a sociopath, than that is a form of mental illness.
2007-07-06 00:17:52 · answer #2 · answered by thearizonapenguin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Psycho is making fun of one person. Mentally ill is an illness in the brain caused by various things.
2007-07-06 00:22:45 · answer #3 · answered by ~Jennifer~ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The term "psycho" is shortened for "psychotic". There are many levels of being labeled as such, but it is def. a form of mental illness. Depression is another form, albeit not as handicapping as psychotic, but in general having a "mental illness" is a very broad term.
2007-07-06 00:17:18 · answer #4 · answered by Mark R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All mental or emotional disorders are treated as mental illness
2007-07-06 00:17:28 · answer #5 · answered by nikkita 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
There are plenty of mental illnesses that have nothing to do with psychosis
Therefore
While being psychotic means being mentally ill, being mentally ill does not necessarily mean psychotic
2007-07-06 00:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by Weatherman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No completely different. People who are mentally ill just have mental problems like severe anxiety or depression. A phycopath has lack of empathy or conscience, and poor impulse control or manipulative behaviors.(some r killers) That is a mental illness though.
2007-07-06 00:19:24 · answer #7 · answered by addict for dramatic 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
psycho is a slang (or an insult)...mentally ill is to have a mental illness, like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia etc...Just like having any sort of physical illness like hypertension and heart diseases.
2007-07-06 00:15:49 · answer #8 · answered by HopeH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psycho is short for psychopathic, which we now call sociopathic, it is a mental illness, so yes, it does apply, mentally ill is broader, psycho is more specific.
2007-07-06 00:16:02 · answer #9 · answered by Heather 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think being a psycho is controllable, while mentally ill isn't. I'm no psycologist nor phychiatrist expert.
2007-07-06 00:17:49 · answer #10 · answered by Kat 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋