This is the reason we say, “There is no health without mental health.”
Mental health affects the individual’s ability to function, to be productive, to establish and maintain positive relationships, and to experience a state of well-being.
There are numerous classes of mental illness, including:
- Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
- Bipolar and related disorders
- Trauma- and stressor-related disorders
- Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
- Depressive disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Feeding and eating disorders
- Elimination disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Sexual dysfunctions
- Gender dysphoria
- Substance-related and addictive disorders
- Personality disorders
It may take more than one visit to get a proper diagnosis.