mental disorders
Psychiatric illness categories
Mental disorders are conditions affecting thinking, mood, or behavior that cause distress or impair functioning.
The term covers a vast range: anxiety disorders, depression, schizophrenia, eating disorders, personality disorders, and many others.
Diagnosis typically requires that symptoms persist over time and interfere with daily life.
He was diagnosed with a mental disorder in his twenties.
The phrase is clinical and neutral, preferred over older terms like "mental illness" in some contexts, though the two are often used interchangeably.
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- split personalityFragmented identity disorder
- delusionsFirmly held false beliefs
- psychiatryMental health medicine
- psychopathologyStudy of mental disorders
depression · chemical imbalance · psychosis · hallucination · losing your mind · anxiety disorders · intrusive thoughts · neurosis · personality disorders · comorbidity · mood swings · hysteria · diagnostic criteria · obsessions · PTSD · hoarding · anxiety · dissociation
- psychologypsychology, psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, clinical psychology
- disordersADHD, anxiety, dysfunction, autism, anxiety disorders
- mental illnessschizophrenia, psychosis, depression, neurosis, paranoia
- prison mental healthpsych evaluation, suicide prevention, suicide watch, crisis intervention, suicide risk
- mental wellnessself-care, emotional wellness, coping skills, therapy, stress relief
- brain sciencebrain scan, brain research, brain map, brain imaging, brain chemistry
mental disordersmental health
Emotional and cognitive well-being
psychological well-being · mental wellness · sanity · psychological health · emotional well-being
order, disorder, mental, disorderly, disordered, mentality, mentally, disordering, mentalist