Nursing English | Mental Health Awareness
Sensibilisation à la santé mentale

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Introduction | Talking about mental health

• Do not use the words mad or crazy to describe somebody who is suffering from a real mental illness. Say instead that somebody has mental health issues/​problems or is mentally ill:
  • I have experienced mental health issues since the age of 14.
  • a charity that helps mentally ill people live independently
• Disturbed can be used to describe somebody who has mental health issues because of very unhappy or unpleasant experiences:
  • He works with emotionally disturbed children.
• Insane is a formal or old-fashioned term used to describe somebody suffering from a serious mental illness and unable to live in normal society:
  • The question is, was the man insane when he committed the crime?
  However, insane is more often used in informal English to describe somebody who is not suffering from a mental illness, but whose mind does not work normally, especially because they are under pressure. This meaning is used in the phrases go insane and drive somebody insane.
  

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A | Depression and other mental health issues

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B | 8 Most Common Causes of Depression

Definition of insomnia /ɪnˈsɒmniə/ : The condition of being unable to sleep

• to suffer from insomnia