psychiatric disorders
Conditions affecting minds
Psychiatric disorders are conditions affecting mental health, mood, thinking, or behavior—depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and others.
The term is clinical and neutral, used interchangeably with mental disorders or mental illnesses: She specializes in treating psychiatric disorders.
Diagnosis typically follows criteria established in manuals like the DSM or ICD.
- cyclothymiaMild mood disorder
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- split personalityFragmented identity disorder
- mood swingsAbrupt temperament changes
- DSM-5Psychiatric diagnosis guidebook
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