I hate the use of the term "mental illness" although I understand it is an accepted term. When I think mental illness, I think of a very serious behavioral mental problem, such as in the movies that requires hospitalization. I prefer the term disorder, because I think of it like a "disordered" chemical pattern in the brain. I guess that is just the use of semantics and me being sensitized to mental illness in the "one flew over the cuckoos nest" era.
Last edited: Jan 24, 2015