The gap between life expectancy in patients with a mental
illness and the general population has widened since 1985 and
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AIDS 10 hours ago | not rated yet | 0 A mental disorder or
mental illness is a psychological pattern, potentially reflected
in behavior, that is generally associated with distress or
disability, and which is not considered part of normal
development of a person's culture. Mental disorders are
generally defined by a combination of how a person feels, acts,
thinks or perceives. This may be associated with particular
regions or functions of the brain or rest of the nervous system,
often in a social context. The recognition a