Understanding Mental Illness: Factors, Epidemiology, and Interventions

This article provides an in-depth analysis of mental illness, including the factors that affect mental health, the epidemiology of mental illness, and interventions to address the issue. It highlights the prevalence and severity of mental health problems and emphasizes the need for effective interventions.

MENTAL ILLNESS

ABSTRACT
As in term of global, as per the survey by number of researcher and global team which
they active on knowing patient who is related with mental illness. With index of global chart
about 75% of people facing mental illness and they are without treatment from the health care
sector. There are various factor which influences the increasing likelihood of treatment which is
delay before presenting of healthcare include such as lack of knowledge to recognise feature of
mental illness, ignore about how to access treatment, prejudice against people who have dealing
with mental illness. As per this article, we analyse the specific evidence on mental illness which
creating a huge and dangerous condition in various countries. This article rather help in seeking
people who is suffering from mental disorders.

Table of Contents
ABSTRACT.....................................................................................................................................2
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Background......................................................................................................................................1
Aim..................................................................................................................................................2
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................2
To know about the concept of mental disorder .....................................................................2
To analyse various factors that affect health of normal people .............................................3
To know the epidemiology of this mental illness and improvisation.....................................5
Methods............................................................................................................................................6
Discussion........................................................................................................................................7
Limitations and conclusion .............................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

Literature Review title: MENTAL ILLNESSES
Introduction
According to Graham Thornicroft, 2013 it is state that public health is play major role in
the precaution of disease and with promotion of health sector in various aspect. In this aspect
mental health is an essential core of human health. Where mental illness affect the well being of
person in various mind of state, mental health is connected with happiness, experiencing and
feeling new emotion and if this all are suffer due to stress and heavy working seclude.
Researcher are analysed some of people are highly affected with mental disorder and they are
treated by rehabilitation centre. In 2012 over 25% of people of Australia are dealing with this
health issue. Over 20% of people present the finding which elaborate on relationship between
settlement experiences and mental health an well being which is require for a immigrants and
refuges in Australia. As apart from this, in world 75% ad more of youth and adults with mental
illness do not get any type of treatment from health care staff. This is called as an difference
which is exist between true prevalence and treated prevalence can be called as treatment gap.
Their is number of data which show the flexibility of various countries which change their
healthcare matter as per aspect with mental people (Smith and et. al., 2017). They taken seriously
to those people who is facing issue regards with mental. In which England, Australia and many
other countries reduce mental illness stigma and discrimination by number of intervention.
Background
According to Amparo Garcia, 2015 it is defined as the nature of mental illness has been
the an subject of resemblance which is discussed through history. In past time there is an culture
of well being where a person is suffering from mental illness then it taken as responsibility to
cure them from various techniques. In Australia, the intervention techniques is regulated from
past for the proper treatment of those who is facing of dealing with mental issue. At the same
time there are various people who criticise the program which is create in such a norms to
eradicate the illness from young and adults. While on this by taking approaches of physicalist it
is defined as various mental condition as a variety of imbalance between different type of
humours (Mental health of people in Australia in the first month of COVID-19 restrictions: a
national survey 2020). Almost a number of century ago then it will stated that mental illness is
brain illness. The continuous progress achieve in genomics and brain picturing in last few era
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which made biological psychiatry stronger then ever and distributed to contributed in
improvisation of mental factor as illness and create effect on brain (Rossetto and et. al., 2016).
As a result it is being stated that mental illness is like any other illness which has almost
axiomatic and as per the given definition it accept truth not in need of a proof with evidence.
Aim
The aim of report is “To gain knowledge about the factor & circumstances of
mental disorder”.
Objectives:
 To know about the concept of mental disorder
 To analyse various factors that affect health of normal people
 To know the epidemiology of this mental illness and improvisation
Questions
 What is the concept of mental disorder?
 What are the factors that affect health of normal people?
 What are the epidemiology of this mental illness?
LITERATURE REVIEW
To know about the concept of mental disorder
Mental disorder is defined as any issue which is affect the well being of person or a group
of people. This is related to brain and body. In scientific term it is related with brain and thinking
which is ruptured by abnormal behaviour of people which is faced by any person. It may be
aggressive and depressive depend on condition of person health. Sometime it will also cause
stress and long term irritation. Usually a discrimination and dissatisfaction from the work or task.
In Australia people faces number of problem regarding this, the concept of mental illness is in
recent time which is taken in consideration in present time due to COVID number of people
facing mental problem which is by stay vat home except for a few specified reasons, work from
home unless providing an essential services, limited physical proximity, meet online and not
physically with person, avoid visit to various places, limited attendance at wedding, funerals,
celebration and many more (Naslund and et. al., 2019). Cancellation of national and international
visiting. This overall impact create the scenario of mental illness.
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To analyse various factors that affect health of normal people
There are some people feels worried, stressed or even feels down for some thing which is
happen in their lives (Mental Disorders and Treatment, 2017). There are number of factor which
affect and create impact on mental health. These factor are either formulate risk, or protect the
mental health and well-being of person. As per the context with mental illness everyone is vary
from their living pattern. So, risk and protective factor are also different from one to another. By
improving protective factor and declining risk attributes from day to day life help in
improvisation of mental health. There are various factor which are discussed.
Feeling of loneliness and isolation are something that various people feels and go through
this phase. These feeling and emotion are normal but if these do not pass then create negative
impact on mental health band persist for long time create mental illness (Matejkowski and et. al.,
2020). There are various reason which is relocation or death of family member, friend and
partner, living on your own, poor family connection, difficulties socialising and feeling like that
the person never belongs, feeling loss and grief and many more.
The loss and grief also affect the mental status which is include death of loved ones, end
of any relationship, a miscarriage, and loss of job, separation form family and friend and many
more create feeling of loss.
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Illustration 1: Mental health

Domestic violence is also act to create mental issue when this is persist for long in a
house (Mental illness is like any other medical illness, 2015). This create negative impact on
brain and create low though of living and create phobia condition. This factor affect the well
being of person.
Bullying is also an factor which create negative aspect in development thoughts in brain.
There is national definition of bullying for Australian school that would refer that bullying is an
behaviour which is misuse of power in relationship through repeated verbal, physical and social
behaviour that create an impact on physical and psychological harms. To stop this the person
used to take necessary action which is include ask them to stop, walk always and don't respond to
them, talk to someone, keep a diary, reports on bullying by anyone, get supports from friend
family and many more to take action action on this (Livingston and et. al., 2018).
There are much more factor which is like unemployment or loss of business, sleeping
problem, stages of life and associated with stages of life which may affect mental health, alcohol
and other drug use which create complication and create a thought about isolation from society
and many more which reflect a person lives in stage of mental illness.
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Illustration 2: factors affect mental health

To know the epidemiology of this mental illness and improvisation
Mental illness is very normal in Australia. In Australia one of five about 20% of people
of age 16-80 are facing and experiences mental illness every year. The common illness which is
associated with mental well-being is depressive, anxiety, and drug use disorder. These three are
normal and found with combination in people. The rise of mental illness is around mid to late
adolescence and Australian youth which is on age 18-24 have the highest rate of suffering in
mental issues (Çelik Ince and et. al., 2018). Data from 2014 mission Australia youth survey
showed that there are accessibility of people fall in mental illness is approx 22% of young
people. The young people which is at age 15-19 met to criteria for a probable critical mental
illness. Australian have number of ratio and percentage that they dealing with anxiety disorder
(15%), depressive disorder (8%), and substance use complication are (4%). in which 55% people
who is facing mental illness and they are not access to any treatment.
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Illustration 3: ages and disorders

Methods
This research is based on qualitative as well as quantitative. The qualitative approach is
inductive in which the concept of mental illness and mental health is conducted. The second
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Illustration 4: graph
Illustration 5: Problem managed in Australia

qualitative approach is various factor which affect normal people. The quantitative approach id
deductive in which the epidemiology of mental illness is conducted by graph and numeric data.
This research is totally based on secondary data which is gain by books, magazines and internet.
Data sources
A questionnaire including study of specific topics, fixed response of options question and
widely used standardised psychometric instrument. It has an analysis of detail source for proper
research.
Patient health questionnaire: This questionnaire is easily understood self reports which is an
scale asking respondents to know the depressive factor (Cimo and Dewa 2018). This
questionnaire is passed by various research on diagnostic psychiatry interview and this is
collected by some of relevant sources.
Optimization about the future: Optimization about the future it was accessed by a visual
analogue scale from 0 to 10.
Discussion
These data are help in quantification of population prevalence of those who is facing
mental issue like depression and anxiety among the young and adult in Australia. Strength are
hug and broad which specifically reflect national population, use of standardised measure that
help permit comparison with equivalent sources (Mental Illness Stigma, Help Seeking, and
Public Health Programs, 2013). These data help to know magnitude and severity of mental
health problems in first four week of this situation, afterwards, this create basic complication that
is moderate symptoms of depression, or anxiety. Further, the point prevalence of clinically
significant depressive symptoms which is six times more than the higher.
In this case, care is needed to understand nature and respond to various prevalence in
which some are in higher preface and create longer duration of problem. In the opinion of
various psychological adjustment to very abnormal circumstance, which have an issue which is
faced by individuals which have adaptive capacity and altered access to protective social support
which have opportunities to make contribution. The government of Australia and healthcare
board start to do many of intervention while rising in cases of mental illness in country.
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Limitations and conclusion
There are enormous finding are viewed and identified with this, mental illness is very
common factor which is relatively answered of those question which have hidden fact. In this
concept of mental health and various factor which affect the mental health of people. As per
above various factor and growing rate is discussed regards with problem which is depression,
anxiety, stress and so on. Government start number of intervention which is basically help to
reduce mental problem by decreasing discrimination and inequalities. T5hise create major of
mental related issues.
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