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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. Frequent thoughts of self-harm or suicide.

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10 Ways Substance Addiction Can Change Your Personality

Gateway Foundation

Substance use disorder significantly impacts a person’s life, damaging health, relationships, careers, and finances. Substances affect the brain differently depending on the type of substance it is and the individual’s health, habits, and other factors. These conditions commonly co-occur with substance use disorders.

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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.