Why does being a neurological condition preclude them from being a mental illness?<p>I suffer from suicidal depression. Do you believe that&#x27;s a mental illness? Before treatment, when I woke up in the morning, I didn&#x27;t say &quot;My serotonin paths don&#x27;t feel right.&quot; I would think &quot;Should today be the day I&#x27;ll kill myself?&quot; I am very fortunate that the cause of <i>my</i> mental illness is easily treated; the SSRI that I take started working almost immediately. The serotonin paths in my brain appear to be defective. That&#x27;s neurological, right?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Mental_disorder" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Mental_disorder</a>