What is mental disorders?

MENTAL DISORDERS

 Disturbance/derangement that affects the function of the mind or body.
 To disturb the normal physical or mental health of derange
 Understand that mental disorders are truly disorders of the brain.
(Not mind)
 A pathological condition of a body part, an organ, or a system
resulting from various causes such as infection, genetic defect,
environmental stress.
 Psychopathology, The scientific study of psychological disorders.
 Today the medical model is identified as the driving force in
diagnosing and treatment of psychopathology.
 Mental disorders can impact well-being, and they express
differently in children, adolescents, and adults.

 

THE MENTAL ILLNESS ARE CALLED 

IN DIFFERENT NAMES
• Mental disorders
• Mental illness
• Psychotic disorders
• Psychiatric disorder
• Psychological disorder

 

DIFFERENT TYPES OF MENTAL 

DISORDERS
 Mood disorders
 Anxiety disorders
 Psychotic disorder
 Somatoform disorder
 Eating disorder
 Adjustment disorder
 Factious disorder
 Emotional disorders during menopause – ( mood swings, depression, anxiety )
 Personality disorders


 Substance-related disorders
 Neurodevelopment discognitive and developmental disorder (learning disabilities)
 Sexual disorder
 Impulse control disorder
 Dissociative disorder

 

MOOD DISORDER

 Depression
 Stress
 Bipolar
 Cyclothymic disorder
 Dysthymia 
The primary symptom is a disturbance in mood. Influenced 
by both biological and environmental factors

 

DEPRESSION

Causes people to experience low mood, loss of interest,
pleasure, feeling of guilt, disturbed sleep, low appetite, low
energy, poor concentration.
3 types of depression
1. Mild
2. Moderate
3. Severe

 

STRESS

Any problem or situation that person
finds difficult to face and cope with can
be called stress.
Stress can be defined as unrest or
an uncomfortable situation that arises
by unexpected life incidence to any
person in day-to-day life.
Causes for stress
More responsibility
Less responsibility
Lack of resources
Low wages
Low dignity


Dictatorship
 Poor work environment
 No promotion
 Sexual problem
 Lack of appreciation
 Unnecessary enforcement
 Lack of cooperation
 Transport difficulties
 Health problem
 Family conflicts
 Problem of children
 Lack of relaxation
 Difficulty in maintaining social status

 

STRESS MANAGEMENT

Stress management is a way of prevention mitigation and
development of tolerance of a person
The following approaches can be used for this strategy
 Management approach
 Health habit approach
 Psychological approach
 Life philosophical approach
 Psychiatric approach.

 

SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF 

STRESS
Changes in the mind
Change in the body
Changes in the behavior
Change in a relationship.

PHYSICAL ILLNESS DUE TO STRESS LONG TERM 
STRESS CAN BE A CAUSE FOR DIFFERENT TYPES 
OF DISEASES AND DISORDERS
Breathing disorder
Increase in hand heat


Vomiting a nausea
Faintish
Asthma
Need for alcohol
Severe smoking
Reading appetite
Wounding
Skin rashes
Addiction to medicine
Sleeping duration
Fearful dreaming
Tiredness
Food allergy
Digestive problems
Severe headache
Backbone pain
Stroke
Frustration
Memory lapse
Irritability.

 

Bipolar
Bipolar disorder is characterized by shifts in mood as well as changes in
activity and energy levels.
This disorder often involves experiencing shifts between elevated moods and
periods of depression such as elevated moods can be pronounced and
referred to either as mania or hypomania.
Cyclothymia


It is a relatively mild mood disorder. People with bipolar disorder will experience
clinically diagnosed mania and usually major depression while people with
cyclothymia have low–grade depression and mild symptoms of hypomania
the symptom usually begin in adolescence going till adulthood
Dysthymia 
 The chronic form of depression may cause you to lose interest in life, feel
hopeless, lack productivity
 Low self-esteem
 The overall feeling of low adequacy
 Lose interest in day-to-day activities

 

ANXIETY

Anxiety disorders are those that are characterized by excessive and 
persistent fear, worry, anxiety, and related behavioral disturbances.
• Panic disorder
• Phobia agoraphobia
Specific phobia
Social phobia
• Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Acute stress disorder (ASD)
• Post-traumatic disorder (PISD)

 

SEXUAL DISORDERS

Sexual disorders are characterized by disturbance in sexual desire and
drive, and the psychophysiological changes that characterize the sexual
response cycle can cause marked distress and interpersonal difficulties.
Sexual deviations
Most people in a society regard sexual preference as normal
Sexual preference can be harmful to other people
A person with the preference suffers from its consequences.

 

Abnormalities of the sexual object
Fetishism
Transvetism
Pedophilia
Zoophilia
Necrophilia
Abnormalities of the sexual act
Exhibitionism 
Voyeurism
Sexual sadism
Sexual masochism
Homosexuality.

 

PERSONALITY DISORDER

Personality disorders are characterized by an enduring pattern of maladaptive 
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that can cause serious determents to relationship 
and other life areas.
• Antisocial personality disorder
• Avoidant personality disorder
• Borderline personality disorder
• Dependent personality disorder
• Histrionic personality disorder
• Narcissistic personality disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder


• Paranoid personality disorder
• Schizoid personality disorder
• Schizotypal personality disorder.

NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER 
(NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER)
Neurodevelopment disorder refers to disorders that first occur in 
childhood.
Often such disorders can appear even before a child enters 
school and impact the child’s functioning in several areas
Social
Personal
Academic,

 

ADD – attention deficit disorder
ADHD - Attention deficit hyperactive disorder
Autism spectrum disorder
Language disorder
Intellectual disability speech sound disability
Delirium – known as an acute confusional state that develops over a short period of
time ( few hours or few days). Characterized by disturbances in attention and
awareness.


Major and mild neurocognitive disorders - Primary feature of acquired cognitive
the decline in one or more areas, including memory, attention, language, learning and
perception.
Dyslexia –
Dysgraphia
Dysphasia
Dyscalculia
Dyspraxia ( Sensory integration disorder)
Auditory processing disorder
Visual processing disorder.

 

PSYCHOTIC DISORDER

Psychotic disorders are a group of serious 
illnesses that affect the mind. They make it 
hand for someone to think clearly, make 
good judgments, respond emotionally, 
communicate effectively, understand 
the reality, and behave appropriately. 
When symptoms are severe, people with 
psychotic disorder have trouble staying in 
touch with reality and often are unable to 
handle daily life.


But even severe psychotic disorders can 
be treated.
Schizophrenia
Delusional disorder
Paraphernalia (Hallucination)
Dementia
Symptoms
Disorganized or incoherent speech
Confused thinking 
Mood swings
Strange, possible dangerous behavior
Loss of interest in personal hygiene 
Loss of interest in activities
Problem s at school/ work
Difficulty concentrating
Sleeping too much / not enough
Anxiety
Suspiciousness
Withdrawal family members/ friends
Delusion
Hallucination
Suicidal thoughts/actions.

 

DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER
( MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER
DID – DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER)
Dissociative disorder
( Multiple personality disorder
DID – Dissociative identity disorder)
It is a mental disorder – a breakdown in-memory process.
This is often trouble remembering certain events, durations – long term
Causes – Childhood trauma – child abuse
Parent sibling treat violently


Dissociative amnesia
Dissociative identity disorder
Depersonalization - derealization disorder
Symptoms 
Memory loss
A sense of being detached from yourself and your emotion
Mental health problem.

 

FRACTIOUS DISORDER

It is a serious mental disorder in which someone deceives 
other by appearing sick, by purposely getting sick, or by self 
injury
F/D also can happen when a family member or care given 
falsely present others, such as children as being ill injured 
or impaired.

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