Introduction: Mental illness

Mental illness: The term "mental illness" may refer to a variety of psychological or psychiatric disorders, but tends to be used to describe the more severe types of mental health disorders. Less severe mental health problems tend to be called "disorders" or "syndromes" rather than "illness".

Conditions list: The list of conditions in the Mental illness group includes:

• Depressive disorders
  • Depression
  • Dysthymic disorder
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Cyclothymic disorder
• Anxiety disorders
  • Panic disorder
  • Social phobia
  • Specific phobias
  • Agoraphobia
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Acute Stress Disorder
  • Separation Anxiety Disorder
• Dementia
• Eating disorders
  • Anorexia
  • Bulimia
  • Binge eating disorder
  • Disordered eating
  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Developmental disorders
  • Mental retardation
  • Learning disorders
  • Autism
  • Asperger syndrome
• Behavioral disorders
  • Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Conduct Disorder
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Tic disorders
  • Tourette syndrome
• Psychotic disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • Brief Psychotic Disorder
  • Delusional disorder
  • Shared Psychotic Disorder (type of Psychotic disorders)
  • Substance-induced Psychotic Disorder (type of Psychotic disorders)
• Personality disorders
  • Paranoid Personality Disorder
  • Schizoaffective disorder
  • Schizoid Personality Disorder
  • Schizotypal Personality Disorder
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Histrionic Personality Disorder
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder
  • Avoidant Personality Disorder
  • Dependent Personality Disorder
  • Gender Identity Disorder
• Paraphilias
  • Pedophilia (type of Paraphilias)
  • Voyeurism (type of Paraphilias)
  • Exhibitionism (type of Paraphilias)
  • Fetishism
  • Frotteurism (type of Paraphilias)
  • Sexual Masochism (type of Paraphilias)
  • Sexual Sadism (type of Paraphilias)
  • Transvestitism (type of Paraphilias)
• Dissociative Disorders
  • Dissociative Amnesia
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder
• Impulse Control Disorders
  • Kleptomania
  • Pyromania
  • Gambling addiction
  • Intermittent Explosive Disorder
  • Trichotillomania
• Somatoform Disorders
  • Somatization Disorder
  • Conversion Disorder
  • Pain Disorder
  • Undifferentiated Somatoform disorder
  • Hypochondriasis
• Adjustment Disorder
• Sleep Disorders
  • Insomnia
  • Narcolepsy
  • Hypersomnia
• Amnesia
• Nonaffective Psychosis

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