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| Causes of Mental Illness |
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| Any one or more causes listed below can cause mental illness of varying proportion and manifestations. |
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| Brain can be damaged by |
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 head injuries |
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 infections such as meningitis, measles, encephalitis |
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 cerebral arteriosclerosis |
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 psychotropic drugs like sedatives, hallucinations, barbiturates |
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 nutritional deficiencies like vitamins, iodine |
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 Diseases like tuberculosis, leprosy |
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 Toxic substances like CS2, Hg, Pb, Sn, Mn, etc. |
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 Radiations during development of nervous system. |
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| Major Categories of Psychotropic Drugs, their Effects and Clinical Uses |
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| Some diseases are hereditary in nature and offsprings carry more chances of contracting such mental illness - if the parents are mentally ill. However, it is not decisive - as society can make a person mentally ill. |
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| Childhood is very important for the mental health throughout one's life. If a child is deprived of love, affection, encouragement, guidance and discipline, mental illness may be caused. |
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| A human being is emotional by nature. Emotional attachment to one's family or one's neighbours or one's friends is an essential feature of one's personality. If such atmosphere comprises of cruelty, mistrust, quarrels, injustice, tensions - then such person can suffer from one form of mental illness or other. |
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| A person can contract mental illness due to number of socio - economic factors such as poverty, unemployment hunger, broken marriage, childlessness, frustration, etc. |
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