Difference between Mental Illness and Addiction

MENTAL ILLNESS vs ADDICTION: NOUN

The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.
A mental disorder.
Any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

(Roman law) a formal award by a court sentence of a thing or person to another (as of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
An abnormally strong craving
Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
An instance of this.
The condition of being habitually occupied with or involved in something.
The condition of using something on a regular or dependent basis.
An instance of one of these conditions.
The state of being given up to some habit, practice, or pursuit; addictedness; devotion.
In Roman law, a formal giving over or delivery by sentence of court; hence, a surrender or dedication of any one to a master.
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
Physiological or psychological dependence, as on a substance.

(Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor)
A surrender to a master

Dementia, Drug addiction, Depressive disorder, Manic depression, Alcoholism, Depression, Psychiatric, Personality disorder, Paranoid schizophrenia, Psychosis, Mentally ill, Bipolar disorder, Mental health, Schizophrenia, Mental disease

Consumption, Poisoning, Smoking, Drugs, Drug, Dependencies, Detoxification, Abuse, Obsession, Habit, Detox, Alcoholism, Addict, Dependence, Dependency

Ptsd, Substance abuse, Dementia, Drug addiction, Depressive disorder, Manic depression, Alcoholism, Depression, Psychiatric, Personality disorder, Paranoid schizophrenia, Psychosis, Mentally ill, Bipolar disorder, Mental health

Misuse, Habituation, Consumption, Smoking, Drugs, Drug, Detoxification, Abuse, Obsession, Habit, Detox, Alcoholism, Addict, Dependence, Dependency

NAMI believes that people with mental illness deserve access to effective medications that treat their mental illness.
When we see mental illness as an objective darkness that can be weaponized, it absolves those who think people with mental illness are evil.
Mental Illness Is the person using violence negatively impacting their mental health or causing or exacerbating their mental illness?
Priority should be given to persons with serious and persistent mental illness or acute mental illness.
Americans affected by mental illness, especially those with serious mental illness.
Grace identified fully with mental illness and mental illness constituted her identity as a person.
Dimensions of mental illness stigma: what about mental illness causes social rejection?
Examples of mental illness, when added to a definition of mental illness, help deepen our understanding of what mental disorders really are.
Mental illness affects behavior and behavior can affect mental illness, but mental illnesses are not behavioral.
Sandwiched between mental health and severe mental illness is a clinical category called mental illness.

Gaming use was more important in smartphone addiction than in Internet addiction.
Certification levels may include becoming a master addiction counselor or a tobacco addiction specialist.
However, addiction has a strong emotional and behavioral element you can use to identify oxycodone addiction.
SNS addiction appears to be a behavioral problem separate from the more commonly researched gaming addiction.
Unlike substance abuse or gambling, video game addiction is not a formally recognised addiction.
Facebook addiction showed a similar relationship with these variables before controlling for SNS addiction.
With addiction, the object of addiction becomes more important than loved ones.
Related Addictive Behaviors: Trait Differences for Gaming Addiction and Social Networking Addiction.
Methamphetamine addiction can be more quickly devastating than most any other addiction.
MMORPG addiction significantly from other types of addiction.