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Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia - British Psychological ... British Psychological Society 'mental illness', 'nervous breakdown' or sometimes 'madness'.While there is debate over how to define mental illness, it is generally accepted that mental illnesses are real and involve disturbances of thought, experience, and emotion serious enough to cause functional impairment in people, making it more difficult for them to sustain interpersonal relationships and carry on their jobs, and sometimes leading to self-destructive behavior and even suicide. The most serious mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, and schizoaffective disorder are often chronic and can cause serious disability. According to the American Psychological Association (APA), a strong and passionate belief in a deity or higher power, to the point where it impairs one’s ability to make conscientious decisions about common sense matters, will now be classified as a mental illness. National Geographic world history listed Romans embarkment on human civilization as in 600 B.C. and that they started out as criminals and remained as such to this day a mad people.