Psychological disorders:

Psychological disorders:

The term psychological disorder is sometimes used to refer to what are more frequently known as mental disorders or psychiatric disorders. Mental disorders are patterns of behavioral or psychological symptoms that impact multiple areas of life. These disorders create distress for the person experiencing these symptoms.

While not a comprehensive list of every mental disorder, the following list includes some of the major categories of disorders described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The DSM is one of the most widely used systems for classifying mental disorders and provides standardized diagnostic criteria.

The latest edition of the diagnostic manual is the DSM-5 and was released in May of 2013. This list of psychological disorders reflects many of the changes made between the earlier edition of the manual and the most recent version.

Some of the major categories of disorder include the following:

·        Anxiety Disorders,Bipolar and Related Disorder

·        Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

·        Dissociative Disorders,Feeding and Eating Disorders

·        Neurocognitive Disorders,Neurodevelopmental Disorders

·        Personality Disorders,Sleep-Wake Disorders

·        Somatic Symptoms and Related Disorders,

·        Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

·        Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders

Affective Disorders: Disorders of mood or feeling states either short or long term.

Mental Health Impairment is the term used to describe people who have experienced psychiatric problems or illness such as:

Personality Disorders - Defined as deeply inadequate patterns of behavior and thought of sufficient severity to cause significant impairment to day-to-day activities.

Schizophrenia: A mental disorder characterized by disturbances of thinking, mood, and behavior.