Why is depression and anxiety called mental illness.?!
Question:
Why is depression and anxiety called mental illness.?
Answers:
Because it is a condition of the mind. Other mental conditions like epilepsy or a brain tumor get classified differently because they are better understood, but obviously they are brain disorders too.
Mental illness is a broad category, so someone saying they have a mental illness doesn't tell you much. Just like if someone tells you they have an infectious disease, well heck, it could be AIDS could be a cold, could be Herpes or even pinkeye. Mental illness is a broad category like that.