The Basics: What is Mental Illness?

Mary-Clare Race and Adrian Furnham
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Mary-Clare Race: University College London
Adrian Furnham: University College London

Chapter Chapter 2 in Mental Illness at Work, 2014, pp 17-47 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Mental health problems can come in many shapes and sizes and take many forms. The terms used to diagnose them can sometimes be confusing as they have become words that we now use in everyday language to describe mood, e.g., ‘I am depressed’ or ‘he is manic’.

Keywords: Mental Illness; Bipolar Disorder; Anxiety Disorder; Major Depressive Disorder; Social Anxiety Disorder (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137272058_2

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