Mental illnesses significantly affect feelings, thoughts, behaviour and interactions. Mental illnesses include depression (which affects 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men), anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorder, eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia as well as drug and alcohol addiction.
Treatment can include counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, prescribed medications, referral to a Psychologist or Psychiatrist and less frequently hospital admission.