Are there such things as 'undiscovered mental illnesses'?

If there are to come other mental illnesses, it will come from a shifting of the social context from which they will emerge. We have seen the dominance of autistic spectrum disorders over the past 15 or more years, as well as the diagnosis of ADD and ADHD, depression and anxiety disorders. read more

There is no such thing as mental illness except by metaphor. It may seem like trivial semantics, but the mistake that mental illness is something concrete has led to an epidemic of mythology. Every day, someone is told they have a thing inside them called mental illness that must be contended with long-term in order to achieve health. read more

Actually, those things you mention are considered mental illnesses when they lead to dysfunctional behavior. Trauma has been proven or shown to cause temporary organic brain damage. Emotions and moods cause different electrical and chemical activity in the brain. read more