What is a mental health problem?

It can be difficult to define what a mental health problem is. For example, when does normal human sadness end and depression begin? If someone is upset because a person they love has died, is this a mental health problem? Is it an understandable reaction to a normal event? Can it be both?

Please type in your thoughts about how you might understand and recognise the essential

features of a mental health problem. This exercise should take about two minutes. Click

below when you have completed this task.

Module 1 - Introduction to Dual Disability
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Module 2 - Developmental Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Module 3 - Assessment of mental health problems in people with intellectual disability
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Module 4 - Specific Psychiatric Disorders: Part 1
Schizophrenia
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Module 5 - Specific Psychiatric Disorders -Part 2
Mood Disorders
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Module 6 - Specific Psychiatric Disorders - Part 3
Anxiety Disorders
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Module 7 - Specific Psychiatric Disorders - Part 4
Personality Disorders
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Module 8 - Specific Psychiatric Disorders - Part 5
Mental and Physical Health
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Module 9 - Challenging Behaviour
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Module 10 - Medication
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Module 11 - Psychological Therapies and Social Interventions
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Module 12 - The Service System
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