Mental Illness Hall of Fame
What is Mental Illness?
A mental illness is a medical condition that disrupts a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning.
Just as diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas, mental illnesses are medical conditions that often result in a diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of life.
Serious mental illnesses include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder.
The good news about mental illness is that recovery is possible . . . Read Article
Be Inspired
By the Achievements and Abilities!
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Links to bio’s of famous people with mental challenges to learn more about each person:
- Lionel Aldridge
- Judi Chamberlin
- Gaetano Donizetti
- Andre Dubus
- Vivien Leigh
- Vaslav Nijinsky
- Eugene O’Neill
- Sylvia Plath
- Sting
- Ruth Graham
- Janet Jackson
- Roseanne Barr
- Jimmy Piersall
- Marlon Brando
- Pat Conroy
- William Styron
- Maurice Benard
- Kay Redfield Jamison
- John Forbes Nash, Jr.
- Judy Collins
- Shawn Colvin
- Linda Hamilton
- Jane Pauley
- Bette Midler
- Charles Schultz
- Jonathan Winters
- Tennessee Williams
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
4 of 15 Famous Mental Skillness Montages in our HD Flickr Gallery
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