Mental illness can be defined as the illness that affect a person's mind. They are mostly characterized by changes in mood, thinking and behavior. They also damage the cognitive, affective and relational abilities of a person. (Cognitive abilities are the ones related to the perception we have of things; affective abilities are the ones related to feelings and emotions and relational abilities are the ones involved in how we interact with others.)
We must consider that mental illness is not the same as mental health, although they are sometimes confused. Mental health is considered a state of well-being, in which every aspect of life is balanced. One of the easiest ways to define mental health is as the absence of mental illness. Everyone has mental health and sometimes we can also have a lack of it. But having a "poor" mental health doesn't mean that we have a mental illness.
This days, mental illnesses have been medically recognize and it is treatable.
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