Why does he need medicines? The term "mental illness" is an unfortunate one because it implies a distinction between "mental" (mind-based) disorders and "physical" (body-based) disorders. Research shows that there is much that is "physical" in "mental" disorders and vice-versa. For example, the brain chemistry of a person with the psychiatric illness of depression is different from that of a norma
l person, and treatment with medicines brings the brain chemistry back to normal. It might seem surprising, but the thoughts, feelings and behavior of normal – yes, normal – people are determined by the actions of certain brain chemicals. This is an established fact of neuroscience. Mental Disorders can be cured. Living with a mental health condition means not only taking efforts to manage it, but coping with the ways in which it can affect your life and those in it. If you're faced with a mental health concern, or if you are the loved one of someone who is, there are things you can do to help make way for a better life. A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which are not a part of normal development or culture.
