Disorders

A mental illness is a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling or mood. Such conditions may affect someone's ability to relate to others and function each day. Each person will have different experiences, even people with the same diagnosis.

Recovery, including meaningful roles in social life, school and work, is possible, especially when you start treatment early and play a strong role in your own recovery process.

A mental health condition isn’t the result of one event. Research suggests multiple, linking causes. Genetics, environment and lifestyle influence whether someone develops a mental health condition. A stressful job or home life makes some people more susceptible, as do traumatic life events like being the victim of a crime. Biochemical processes and circuits and basic brain structure may play a role, too.

Not-Crazy.org strives to create education to communities regarding mental disorders and issues.

 

Screening for Mental Health provides online screenings and programs to educate, raise awareness, and screen individuals for common behavioral and mental health disorders and suicide.

 

ADHD

ANXIETY

BIPOLAR DISORDER

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

DEPRESSION

• Depression: Out of the Darkness and Into the Light
  

DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS

EARLY PSYCHOSIS AND PSYCHOSIS

EATING DISORDERS

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER

SCHIZOPHRENIA

CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS AND RELATED DISORDERS

New Guide from SAMHSA: This guide supports health care providers, systems, and communities to address first-episode psychosis and co-occurring substance use disorders. It describes relevant research, examines emerging and best practices, identifies knowledge gaps and implementation challenges, and offers resources.