What are the most common causes of mental disorders?

What are the most common causes of mental disorders?

Christopher Reist (Academic Psychiatrist, Co-Author of “Psychiatry”) gives expert video advice on: What are the most common causes of mental disorders? and more...

The cause of mental illness has really remained a mystery, that's really the million-dollar question in our field. We've really gone a long way in understanding various genetic links and we have a lot of indications from, for example: brain imaging studies to highlight dysfunction in certain areas, but we really don't have good answers. It's clear that biology makes a significant contribution, but we also know that the environment, various things that occur during normal development, are also very important, such as certain events which lead to <a href="http://www.videojug.com/interview/post-traumatic-stress-disorder">post traumatic stress</a>.