FACTORS THAT
AFFECT MENTAL
DISORDERS
HEREDITY
• this is the most
frequent with family
histories
revealing
mental illnesses
INCESTUOUS MARRIAGES
• Blood incompatibility
of parents, maternal
infection during the
early
stages
of
pregnancy are some
disorders associated
with
incestuous
marriages
*
IMPAIRED VITALITY
• Mental
worry, grief,
physical,
strain,
unhygienic surroundings,
infections and birth
trauma may predispose a
person
to
mental
disorders
POOR MORAL VALUES TRAINING
AND BREEDING
• Improper breeding and
poor moral values training
particularly those affecting
free will and self-control,
undesirable associations,
etc., may result in an
impaired mental state
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES
• Such as love, hatred,
passion,
frustration
and disappointment
PHYSICAL FACTORS
NON-TOXIC
TOXIC
• Exhaustion resulting from
severe
physical
and
mental strain, illness,
cerebral
hemorrhage,
trauma on the skull
affecting the brain
• This may be produced by
excessive formation or
deficient elimination of
waste
products;
by
infection, or excessive
use of certain drugs