Title: What are mental health problems? | Mind, the mental health charity - help for mental health problems
Headings: Mental health problems – an introduction
Mental health problems – an introduction
What are mental health problems?
What's it like to have mental health problems?
Am I the only one who feels this way?
Different perspectives on mental health and mental illness
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Content: everybody has it and we need to take care of it. Good mental health means being generally able to think, feel and react in the ways that you need and want to live your life. But if you go through a period of poor mental health you might find the ways you're frequently thinking, feeling or reacting become difficult, or even impossible, to cope with. This can feel just as bad as a physical illness, or even worse. Mental health problems affect around one in four people in any given year. They range from common problems, such as depression and anxiety, to rarer problems such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. "I now know that if I felt there was something wrong, it's because there was, but I didn't understand mental health fully... it's a spectrum and you should feel able to decide where and when you [are] on that spectrum." What's it like to have mental health problems? This animation explains what mental health problems are and how they can affect us. YouTube
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What are mental health problems?