MENTAL DISORDERS
There is a range of pathologies that are classified under the term 'mental illnesses'. These are a range of behavioural manifestations that are considered out of the ordinary and as such are treated with specific medical care. Nevertheless, conventional medicine itself nowadays stigmatises everything that gravitates around this issue, viewing it as something totally different from the better known 'physical' illnesses. From a certain point of view, this can also be considered plausible, as the observation of a melanoma is certainly more accessible in terms of empirical results than a panic attack. The former is immediately verifiable by means of a series of specific clinical examinations and, moreover, in most cases it can also be examined with the naked eye. In contrast, a panic attack is not something that can be touched or defined in words, sometimes even by experiencing it first-hand.
I can get an idea of what it is like to have a cold, but I cannot experience what it is like to be bulimic or to have hallucinations. Even insurance companies are reluctant to provide policies that cover expenses related to mental disorders. Accident insurance may cover a bone fracture, but how can one explain it in practical terms when in crowded places?
It must also be considered that many 'disorders' - such as anxiety or sadness - are intercepted in the behaviour of many people and by virtue of this, understanding whether it is actually something limiting or 'abnormal' is often difficult. It is therefore a spectrum of analysis that is as 'smoky' as it is subtle in the multiplicity of its possible facets.
However, with the watchful eye of biological laws, it is possible to observe these processes in the same way as a boil is analysed, as is cervical cancer or breast mastitis. Psychic disorders are nothing but sensible biological programmes and as such have their own aetiology and course. In our vocabulary, they fall under the umbrella of schizophrenic constellations and can take on a different appearance depending on the subject's emotional perception of a particular life event.
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