What is mental illness? Mental illness, also called mental health disorders, refers to a wide range of mental health conditions — disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors.

Our lives can face moments when it seems like everything has been lost. Our health, wealth, and family all seem to have been taken from us. We can also simply hear of such loss on the news and become aware of things that are so devastating and unexpected that they rock us to our core. How could God allow such suffering?

Depression is the a common emotional and mental struggle for most people. The majority of people have a few times of depression in their lives and so nearly everyone struggles with this feeling of hopelessness during various seasons in their lives.

The question is what can cause depression?