Is Mental Health Illness Contagious

No, mental illness is not contagious. If it was, you would have caught it yourself. I have worked and am working with mentally ill, mentally handicapped, and dementia victims. I think you have a valid observation about the antibiotics, but the mechanism is not that of contagion. If a person has an illness that shows in their behaviors, like a mental illness, then when they are becoming ill, they also have a flare up, or an exacerbation of their symptoms, because they lack the words or cognitive abilities to tell you what is wrong. When the illness is treated, they feel better, and therefore they act better. When I worked with the elderly that was one thing we often did. If they behavior became unusual, if they had falling episodes, if they became violent or aggressive they were checked for a urinary tract infection right off the bat. It was often the cause, and they improved when given antibiotics.