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brain injury

Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:34 am

What is the difference between a brain injury and a mental illness? Just wondering what is the main way people distingiush between brain injury and mental illness?

Re: brain injury

Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:42 am

Mental illness is more of a psychological pattern.
Brain injury is as the result of an external force hitting the head.

Re: brain injury

Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:43 am

srizaata wrote:What is the difference between a brain injury and a mental illness? Just wondering what is the main way people distingiush between brain injury and mental illness?


A brain injury is physical, "injury" being the key word, mental illness is anything from anxiety, depression through to dementia.. get it? :ayatollah:

Re: brain injury

Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:54 pm

I would recommend typing DSM IV into google

This lists ALL the psychological conditions

In answer to your question a Physical Injury to the brain can sometimes cause mental instability which results in a Mental Illness or Condition.

Hope this helps....

Re: brain injury

Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:31 pm

Sigh....

Remember the last funnily named user whose first post was related to head injuries?

Peeps been trolled... again...