Mental Disorders. Mental Disorders Obsessive Compulsive Disorder What is it: Feelings of anxiety, fear, uncertainty or worry taken to extremes. An anxiety disorder where people become preoccupied with whether something could be harmful,dangerous, wrong or dirty- or with thoughts that bad stuff might ...
Mentalis an adjective that means relating to the mind. It is especially used in contrast withphysical,which means relating to the body.Mentalis commonly used in the context ofpsychologicaldisorders or the care and treatment of people who have them. One of its most common uses is in the phrase...
However, there is a lack of population-based epidemiologic evidence that pertains to the full range of mental disorders. Objective To examine whether having classmates with a mental disorder diagnosis in the ninth grade of comprehensive school is associated with later risk of being diagnosed with a...
Research has focused on the relationship between mental disorders and violence,5-8 but has yielded mixed results. Some studies appear to support a clear link between mental illness and violence,9-12 whereas other studies support the notion that alcohol and drug abuse,1,13,14 not psychiatric ...
In the winter months, mood disorders become more prevalent. The National Institute of Mental Health states, “Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression characterized by a recurrent seasonal pattern, with symptoms lasting 4-5 months out of the year”. In most situations, this disorder ...
1 1Section on Neuroplasticity, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Several lines of evidence suggest that adult neurogenesis, the production of new neurons in adulthood, may play a role in psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, and ...
Decades of research on anxiety disorders, however, show that behavioral and physiological symptoms do not correlate as strongly with subjective experiences as is typically assumed. Further, the treatments developed using more objective symptoms as a marker of psychopathology have mostly been disappointing ...
Mental health:State of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community. Mental illness:Disorders that affect one’s mood, thinking, and behavior such as depression, anxiety disorders, ...
Of these, the mental disorders that will be focused on here are the Substance Use Disorders, especially Substance Abuse but also to some extent Substance Dependence. Substance Intoxication disorders, which also merit attention, will not be addressed here due to space constraints. To begin a brief...
The impact of war on children is tremendous and pervasive, with multiple implications, including immediate stress-responses, increased risk for specific mental disorders, distress from forced separation from parents, and fear for personal and family’s safety. Thus, the experiences that children have ...