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Mental illness

A health condition involving changes to ones emotional or thinking capabilities.  This usually creates changes to ones behaviour as well.  Mental illnesses can be onset by disturbances or distress in ones social, work, or family life.  Other mental illnesses are genetic and can last a persons whole lifetime, not just when there is a drastic change in ones environment.
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