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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. Psychosis, e.g., paranoia, hallucinations, or delusions.

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10 Ways Substance Addiction Can Change Your Personality

Gateway Foundation

For example, using illicit stimulants could lead to restlessness, aggression, delusions or anxiety, and depression, while some opioid misuse could cause problems with attention, memory challenges, lack of awareness and coordination, or agitation. Additionally, addiction can worsen mental illnesses like anxiety and depression.

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psychosis, violence, and the fear of madness

Clinical Philosophy

The psychological community often attempts to combat the stigma suffered by the mentally ill by challenging the view that people suffering schizophrenia and other psychotic conditions are physically dangerous. of the professionally representative 2017 BPS report Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia.