Mental Health and Illness Assessment 2022

Mental Health and Illness
Assessment
Presented by:

Introduction
 The mental or behavioural pattern which causes
distress in an individual can be termed as mental
illness
 Many mental disorders after conducting research
is seen to be caused by varied genetic factors as
well (Smoller et al., 2019)

Introduction
 There are some mental disorders which require the
administration of proper medication for the optimum
treatment of the illness
 Medications help in relieving the brain of the individual off
stress and restore the chemical balance for the brain to
function properly (Lacasse & Leo, 2015)

Impact of Mental Illness on others
 People who have a mentally ill patient in their household often
have paranoia regarding the patient’s health
 There is a growing irritability and frustration between the patient
and the family because of the mental illness (Morgan et al., 2017)
 It is possible for the family members to attain social exclusion in
order to safeguard the patient (Brophy et al., 2016)
 This will have negative impact on the on the patient suffering
from mental illness as well as the family
 The patient suffering from mental disorders is treated differently
by the society and may be excluded from a lot of activities.