During pregnancy, the woman is greatly at risk and vulnerable to toxins and other harmful substances. Teratogens, such as alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs are some of the substances that may cause negative effects towards the fetus inside the mother’s womb. These substances would in turn result to a sick or worse, abnormal baby.

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The psychological or behavioral pattern that happens to a person and is believed to give distress that is unexpected a part of one’s culture is called mental disorder. A mental illness may be possibly caused by several factors such as genetics, environment, and chemical imbalances in the brain. It is called mental basically because normally, the illness does not involve much anatomical dysfunctions. Usually, the disorder involves a thinking that something is wrong when physically, it seemed as if nothing is wrong. The symptoms are more internal rather than external. People may think that it is normal for someone to be talking to himself for a while. However, when this symptom last longer, longer than a certain period and disrupts bodily functions, then a mental illness may be diagnosed.

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