However, there was no or very little difference in how commonly Australian participants believed that schizophrenia compared with depression was not a real medical illness, or was a sign of personal weakness, that the person with the problem was to be avoided or that the person could snap out it.
An ankle-foot orthosis is commonly used to help persons with weakness of ankle dorsiflexor muscles due to peripheral or central nervous system disorders.
"I'm a creative person, my weakness is setting up the infrastructure of a business," she said.
It is totally revealing of a person's weakness and a kind of winding down into darkest depressions and alcoholism -- and then the slow way out of it.
The major differences in causal beliefs were that Australians were more likely to believe in infection, allergy and genetics, while Japanese were more likely to endorse "nervous person" and "weakness of character".
The major differences were that the Australians were more likely to believe in virus or infection, allergy, and inherited or genetic, while the Japanese were more likely to endorse nervous person and weakness of character.
However, there are also some major differences between the countries, with Australians having a stronger belief in infections, allergies and genetics, while Japanese have a stronger belief in being a nervous person and weakness of character.
The Japanese were more likely to believe in the role of the trait characteristics of nervous person and weakness of character, while Australians were more likely to endorse the role of genetics.
Use the person's weakness against them.
Being unreceptive shows the other person's weakness but not yours.
