Mental Health Information
A mental health condition is a medical condition that disrupts a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Just as diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas, mental illnesses are medical conditions that often result in a diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of life.
Serious mental health conditions include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder. The good news about mental health conditions is that recovery is possible.
Mental health conditions can affect persons of any age, race, religion or income. Mental health conditions are not the result of personal weakness, lack of character or poor upbringing. Mental health conditions are treatable. Most people diagnosed with a serious mental health conditions can experience relief from their symptoms by actively participating in an individual treatment plan.
Learn more about treatment and services that assist individuals in recovery.
Find Out More About A Specific Mental Health Condition:
- ADHD
- Anxiety Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
Find out more about conditions sometimes related to mental health conditions:
- Anosognosia (lack of insight)
- First Episodes of Psychosis
- Insomnia
- Sleep Apnea
- Suicide
- Tardive Dyskinesia
Treatment & Services
- Crisis Services
- Complementary Health Approaches
- ECT and Other Brain Stimulation Therapies
- Medications Overview
- Mental Health Professionals
- Psychosocial Treatments
- Psychotherapy
- Treatment Settings
More Resources
- Fact sheets from the AKA-NAMI partnership (focus on African Americans)
- Finding a Culturally Competent Provider
- What is Early and First-Episode Psychosis?
- Early Psychosis: What’s Going On and What Can You Do?
En Español
- La Salud Mental Nos Afecta a Todos
- La Salud Mental
- La Competencia Cultural
- Como Ayudar a Un Ser Querido
- Como Puedes Ayudarte
- Plan en Caso de Crisis
- Mitos y Verdades Sobre el Suicidio
- y Preguntas que le Puedes Hacer a tu ser Querido
- Trastornos de Ansiedad
- Trastorno Bipolar
- Trastorno Límite de la Personalidad
- Diagnostico Dual
- Depresión
- Trastorno Por Estrés Postraumático
- Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo
- Psicosis
- Esquizofrenia
- El Riesgo De Suicidio