Mental health is commonly used to relate or refer to issues related to “mental illnesses”. However, mental health services can create some confusion when trying to understand the difference between the two terms, mental health and mental illnesses. Common examples exposed daily are depression, anxiety, psychosis, and eating disorders. Mental health or “mental well-being” is a concept that goes beyond the visible of mental illnesses. Nowadays, people tend to use the term "mental illness" more as a fashion statement or a trend, rather than using its actual terminology. “Dismissing mental illness as a fashionable fad is not only stupid, it’s dangerous,” said Dr. Brian Semple. These "trends" are the creation of how society views mental health and are based on social distance and fear, pity, and/or anger towards someone or something that causes misuse of these terms. One of the most common mental illnesses in the world, due to our society and the pressure placed on people's appearance, is eating disorders. involve many extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors involving self-hatred, weight, and food. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorders are the most common eating disorders. At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, they are conducting a study indicating that eating disorders. were the cause, “due to the overactivity of a chemical system present in a deep region of the brain”. The university's goal is to search for a molecular target in the brain for the development of more effective treatments than those currently available. She will achieve this or attempt to achieve this by using PET, “imaging to assess the activity of dopamine receptors in the brain”. a neurotransmitter system...... middle of paper ...... ptoms, tests and medical history, and recommend medications and psychotherapy for treatment. Schizophrenia is commonly confused with split personality. mental illness in which a person cannot distinguish what is real from what is imagined in their head. Sometimes patients with psychotic disorders lose touch with reality and simply perceive what they see and what they believe to be true. can seem like a jumble of confusing thoughts, images, and sounds surrounding them. The behavior of people with schizophrenia can be very strange and even shocking towards other people who do not know the patient. A sudden change in personality and behavior occurs. When people with schizophrenia lose contact with reality, it is called a psychotic episode. This psychotic episode is based on a “loss of contact with reality” and