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Are mental illnesses a form of intellectual disability or brain damage?

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Are mental illnesses a form of intellectual disability or brain damage?

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No. They are illnesses just like any other, such as heart disease, diabetes, and asthma. Yet the traditions of sympathy, support, and flowers given to people with physical illnesses are often denied to those with a mental illness.