{"id":2441,"date":"2019-05-30T16:39:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/article\/what-causes-mental-illness\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T17:23:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T22:23:25","slug":"what-causes-mental-illness","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/what-causes-mental-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 causa las enfermedades mentales?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La mayor\u00eda de las enfermedades mentales no tienen una \u00fanica causa. En cambio, tienen diversas causas, denominadas <strong>factores de riesgo<\/strong>. Cuantos m\u00e1s factores de riesgo tengas, m\u00e1s probabilidades tendr\u00e1s de desarrollar un problema de salud mental. A veces, las enfermedades mentales se desarrollan gradualmente. Otras veces, no aparecen hasta que ocurre un evento estresante. <strong>disparadores<\/strong> eso.<\/p>\n<p>Existen muchos factores de riesgo y desencadenantes, pero aqu\u00ed hay algunos ejemplos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gen\u00e9tica. <\/strong>Las enfermedades mentales suelen ser hereditarias.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medio ambiente. <\/strong>Vivir en un entorno estresante puede afectar tu salud mental. Cosas como vivir en la pobreza o tener una familia abusiva suponen mucho estr\u00e9s para tu cerebro y, a menudo, desencadenan problemas de salud mental.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eventos estresantes: <\/strong>como perder a un ser querido o sufrir un accidente automovil\u00edstico.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trauma infantil.<\/strong> Aunque ya no te encuentres en un entorno estresante, las cosas que te sucedieron cuando eras ni\u00f1o pueden tener un impacto m\u00e1s adelante en tu vida. <a href=\"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/what-complex-ptsd\/\">Trastorno por estr\u00e9s postraum\u00e1tico complejo<\/a> es un trastorno de salud mental especialmente com\u00fan entre las personas que crecieron en entornos abusivos o de negligencia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pensamientos negativos. <\/strong>Menospreciarte constantemente o esperar lo peor puede hacer que te quedes atrapado en un ciclo de depresi\u00f3n o ansiedad.<\/li>\n<li><strong>H\u00e1bitos poco saludables: <\/strong>como no dormir lo suficiente o no comer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drogas y alcohol: <\/strong>El abuso de drogas y alcohol puede ser perjudicial para tu salud mental. Tambi\u00e9n puede dificultar la recuperaci\u00f3n de una enfermedad mental.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Qu\u00edmica cerebral.<\/strong> Las enfermedades mentales suelen implicar un desequilibrio de las sustancias qu\u00edmicas naturales del cerebro y el cuerpo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Estos factores de riesgo no solo influyen en qui\u00e9n desarrollar\u00e1 una enfermedad mental en primer lugar. Tambi\u00e9n influyen en la gravedad de los s\u00edntomas y en cu\u00e1ndo se manifestar\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>Tambi\u00e9n puedes mejorar tu propia salud mental mediante <a href=\"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/how-can-i-improve-my-mental-health-on-my-own\/\">tomar medidas para reducir sus factores de riesgo<\/a>. Eso podr\u00eda incluir <a href=\"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/how-do-you-treat-mental-illness\/\">buscar tratamiento, como medicaci\u00f3n o terapia<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most mental illnesses don\u2019t have a single cause. 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