mental disorder
Brain function impairment
A mental disorder is a condition affecting thinking, mood, or behavior that causes distress or impairs functioning.
The term covers a vast range—depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and many others.
Mental disorders may be chronic or episodic, mild or severe.
She was diagnosed with a mental disorder in her twenties.
The clinical language distinguishes these conditions from ordinary struggles, though the boundaries are debated.
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- depressionProlonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
OCD · ADHD · autism · dementia · psychosis · phobia · mania · paranoia
Perceptions without external cause
- delusionsFirmly held false beliefs
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
mania · psychosis · compulsions · flashbacks · intrusive thoughts · anhedonia · hypervigilance · mood swings
Psychiatric classification manual
- ICDDisease classification system
- psychiatryMental health medicine
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
differential diagnosis · comorbidity · screening · diagnostic criteria · case history · psychiatric evaluation · symptomatology · neuropsychological
Unjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
labeling · misconception · marginalization · alienation · ostracism · judgment · isolation · misunderstanding
Treatment through guided conversation
- CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
- DBTTherapy for emotional regulation
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
EMDR · antidepressants · antipsychotics · hospitalization · group therapy · family therapy · exposure therapy · ACT
Managing under strain
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- remissionTemporary disease absence
wellness · self-care · stability · functioning · advocacy · peer support · lived experience · acceptance
schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- depressionProlonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
PTSD · OCD · ADHD · autism · dementia · psychosis · phobia · mania · paranoia · neurosis
hallucinations
Perceptions without external cause
- delusionsFirmly held false beliefs
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
paranoia · mania · psychosis · compulsions · flashbacks · intrusive thoughts · anhedonia · hypervigilance · mood swings · cognitive impairment
DSM
Psychiatric classification manual
- ICDDisease classification system
- psychiatryMental health medicine
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
evaluation · differential diagnosis · comorbidity · screening · diagnostic criteria · case history · psychiatric evaluation · symptomatology · neuropsychological · structured interview
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- shamePainful awareness of failure
stereotype · labeling · misconception · marginalization · alienation · ostracism · judgment · isolation · misunderstanding · institutionalization
psychotherapy
Treatment through guided conversation
- CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
- DBTTherapy for emotional regulation
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
counseling · EMDR · antidepressants · antipsychotics · hospitalization · group therapy · family therapy · exposure therapy · ACT · psychoeducation
coping
Managing under strain
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
remission · wellness · self-care · stability · functioning · advocacy · peer support · lived experience · acceptance · reintegration
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
- legal defensesself-defense, alibi, affirmative defense, insanity defense, insanity
- guardianship lawlegal guardian, legal guardianship, conservatorship, ward of court, legal capacity
- marriage annulmentannulment, nullity, invalid marriage, church annulment, church court
- criminal defensesinsanity plea, insanity defense, legal insanity, diminished capacity, irresistible impulse
- guardianshipguardian, legal guardian, ward of court, conservator, custodian
mental disordermental health
Emotional and cognitive well-being
sanity · mental wellness · sound mind · psychological health · emotional health
order, disorder, mental, dismantle, disordered, mentality, reorder, mentally, reordering