Mental Health and Behavioural Changes Due to Alcohol and Smoking Habits

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................1
The behaviour change seen in specific population....................................................................1
Theoretical perspectives that have been applied to support behaviour change.........................2
Potential barriers due to mental illness......................................................................................4
Ways to overcome these barriers............................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The health behaviour that is discussed in this report is consumption of alcohol and
smoking which causes mental illness. This in turn covers a wide range of mental health
condition like disorders that can affect the physical and mental condition of a person. Some
of the outcome that are caused due to mental illness is depression, anxiety disorder and other
behavioural changes (Erickson, Mackenzie, Menec & Bailis, 2017) . The mental health
conditions can cause mental illness when they symptoms and signs cause frequent stress and
depression. The symptoms of mental illness affect the behaviour of a person. Thus, it is
recommended that consumption of alcohol and smoking habits can be prevented by paying
attention to it regularly and offering routine medical care to a person. In this report the
behavioural changes that occur to smoking and alcohol consumption in people of all age
group are discussed. Some of the theoretical perspectives that have been applied to support
behaviour change are also discussed (Erickson, Mackenzie, Menec & Bailis, 2017) . There
are various potential barriers that are faced by people due to mental illness are discussed and
the ways to overcome are also listed.
The behaviour change seen in specific population
The behaviour that is commonly seen these days is higher consumption of alcohol and
smoking habits, it is seen in majority of people from youngsters to old age people. The area
of concern in this report is about acute mental illness that can be caused due to these
baehaviour (Denneson, Cromer, Williams, Pisciotta & Dobscha, 2017). It is important to
treat this immediately as it can have some sever effects. It is a complex medical condition as
it may causes disorders ad can degrade the quality of life. It directly affects the personality of
a person. These habits affect the people of all age group. It results in causing anxiety,
disorders attack or depression. The common reason seen in individual for mental illness is
mixture of biological, psychological and environmental factors. Mental health disorder occurs
due to lack of control or support. From all the statistics, it was found that mental illness can
be seen in people of all age group (Denneson, Cromer, Williams, Pisciotta & Dobscha,
2017). It is seen it children of age 6 to 12 as they develop serious depression due to pressure
or lack of love. It is also seen in adolescent’s age as they experience mental disorder due to
peer pressure. These habits are increasing and the reason behind this is social media as there