title: Mental illness, loneliness and helplessness: a challenge for research and therapy.
abstract: The purpose of this article is: (1) To discuss the complex relationship between mental illness and the related factors of loneliness and helplessness, in a specific attempt to show why people with mental and/or emotional difficulties have a greater propensity for problems in these areas: (2) To challenge therapists, counselors, pastors, and community health professionals to become more holistic in their orientation towards their patients by giving special emphasis to interpersonal needs and personal responsibility over outcomes.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012106:Research; D012934:Social Isolation; D012951:Socialization; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology