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Mental Health Issues

Below is a brief description of various mental health issues. The descriptions are in English and Maltese.

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Good Mental Health

Sharing experiences to help each other
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Mental Health Problems

They affect the way one thinks, acts and one’s emotional state
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Stigma

The social construction of negative attitudes towards those who suffer from a mental health condition
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Depression

One of the most common mental health conditions
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Postnatal Depression

A type of depression that some women experience after giving birth
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Anxiety

Everyone experiences anxiety at times
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Psychosis

A mental health problem in which a person has lost some contact with reality
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Substance Use Problems

The use of alcohol or other drugs at levels that are associated with short-term and long-term harm
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Eating Disorders

Not just about food, weight, appearance or willpower – they are serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses
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Bipolar Disorder

Results in extreme mood swings
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OCD

Obsessive thoughts – recurrent thoughts, impulses and images that are experienced in an intrusive and inappropriate way
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PTSD

Can occur after a person is exposed to actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violation
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Personality Disorders

A type of mental disorder in which an individual may have rigid and unhealthy patterns of thinking, functioning and behaving