Question

Address the topic on Mental health disorder including the following

-Etiology/cause

-Epidemiology or extent of the problem/disease

-Progression/history of the problem/disease

-Prevalence of disease worldwide

-Existing prevention & therapeutic measures

-Current or future research relevant to the problem/disease

Answer 1

Answer:

Etiology or cause:

​​​​​1. Infections:  Several types of infections linked to mental disorders as they leads to brain or pschiatry dysfunction or impairment, with the causative agent streptococcus bacteria.

2. Genetis or heredity:  Several types of mental illness can progress by father or mother to his or her childrens through genes, which transfers illness one generation to another generation. For example; stress, anxiety, etc.

3. Brain trauma:  It is also an leading cause of mental illness as it is the result of any brain defects or injuries which indirectly causes mental disorders.

4. Substance abuse:  Use of drugs and alcohal also is an essential cause of mental disorders because the things leads to impairments or dysfunctions of the brain.

5. Death or separation of loved one's:  It is also an very leading cause of mental disorders as it causes depression, stress, alcohol abuse, anxiety etc.

6. Financial loss or examination or love failure:  These are also some essential causes of mental disorders as these causes mood disorders like; sadness, depression, suicidal tendencies, worry, anxiety, stress, bipor mood disorders, etc.

Epidemiology:

1. Epidemiology of mental illness studies the causes of mental illness, riska of mental illness, peoples affected by mental illness, distribution of mental illness, connection between host, agent and environment responsible for causing mental illnesses, etc on wordwide basis in order to treat, cure and prevent mental disorders.

2. To attain this aim, epidemiologic studies generally ascends from studies that specify the spread and dispensation of a disease within a population by person, place, and tim to more focused studies of the constants of disease in exclusive groups.

Progression or history:

1. Mental disorders used to called by the name mesopotamia during ancient time. As in ancient time mental illness used to concerned as the curse of certain evil sprits or ghosts.

2. Throughout history there have been three common concepts of the causes of mental disorders: supernatural, somatogenic, and psychogenic.

a. Supernatural concepts merit mental disorder to power by bad soul or infernal spirits, unhappiness of gods, calumnies, and sin.

b. Somatogenic concept spot interupptions in bodily functioning effects from either diseases, hereditary patrimony, or brain dysfunction.

c. Psychogenic concepts focus on injury or stressful experiences, impaired learned concerns and realizations, or deformed sensibilities.

Prevalence of disease:

​​1. The prevalence of mental disorders worldwide is one in four peoples is prone to be mentally ill at any point of their life.

2. At present time approximately 450 million peoples are affected from mental disorders and the USA comes under high prevalence zone fir mental disorders due to separations, divorces, independent life style, etc.

Prevention and therapeutic measures:

1. Medical treatment: It includes use of several types of drugs or medications in order to treat mental disorders like; antipsychotic drugs, antiepileptic drus, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antianxiety drugs, etc.

2. Therapies: There are also some therapies used to treat mental illness like; electro convulsive therapy, group therapy, music therapy, occupational therapy, play therapy, dance therapy, etc.

3. Preventive measures:  a. Providing psychological support in the situation of depression, anxiety, stress etc due to death of any loved one or separation.

b. Providing support at the time of financial loss ir examination failure or love failure.

c. Provide psychological during terminal illnesses.

d. Allow persons to ventilate their feelings in order to be relax and calm.

e. Consult to doctor or physicians in any leading problem.

Current or future researches:

​​​​​​1. Mental disorders are the broad part of medical problems which has a wide criteria for researches as now a days peoples have more mental stress related to their job, carrier, love, education, family, money, etc and most of them don't know how to tackle with mental problems.

2. Here research works by identifying the population at risk for mental problems, leading current causes of mental disorders, etc.

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