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Mental Disorders

Medical Definition: Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.
Also Called: Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric
Mental Disorders Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Adjustment Disorders - Maladaptive reactions to identifiable psychosocial stressors occurring within a short time after onset of the stressor. They are manifested by either impairment in social or occupational functioning or by symptoms (depression, anxiety, etc.) that are in excess of a normal and expected reaction to the stressor.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Anxiety Disorders - Disorders in which anxiety (persistent feelings of apprehension, tension, or uneasiness) is the predominant disturbance.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders - Cognitive disorders including delirium, dementia, and other cognitive disorders. These may be the result of substance use, trauma, or other causes.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Dissociative Disorders - Sudden temporary alterations in the normally integrative functions of consciousness.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Eating Disorders - A group of disorders characterized by physiological and psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Factitious Disorders - Disorders characterized by physical or psychological symptoms that are not real, genuine, or natural.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Impulse Control Disorders - Disorders whose essential features are the failure to resist an impulse, drive, or temptation to perform an act that is harmful to the individual or to others. Individuals experience an increased sense of tension prior to the act and pleasure, gratification or release of tension at the time of committing the act.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood - Those psychiatric disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence. These disorders can also be first diagnosed during other life stages.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Mood Disorders - Those disorders that have a disturbance in mood as their predominant feature.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Neurotic Disorders - Disorders in which the symptoms are distressing to the individual and recognized by him or her as being unacceptable. Social relationships may be greatly affected but usually remain within acceptable limits. The disturbance is relatively enduring or recurrent without treatment.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Personality Disorders - A major deviation from normal patterns of behavior.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Schizophrenia and Disorders with Psychotic Features - Marked disorders of thought (delusions, hallucinations, or other thought disorder accompanied by disordered affect or behavior), and deterioration from a previous level of functioning.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Sexual and Gender Disorders - Mental disorders related to sexual dysfunction, paraphillias, and gender identity disorders.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Somatoform Disorders - Disorders having the presence of physical symptoms that suggest a general medical condition but that are not fully explained by a general medical condition, by the direct effects of a substance, or by another mental disorder. The symptoms must cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning. In contrast to FACTITIOUS DISORDERS and MALINGERING, the physical symptoms are not under voluntary control. (APA, DSM-IV)

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