The DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual), the U.S. standard reference for psychiatry, includes over 300 different manifestations of mental illness. Psychiatrists themselves are in dispute over how common some of these conditions are, or whether they should be listed as 'mental illnesses', and each version of the DSM is slightly different from the previous ones. The DSM is currently being revised and updated, and the next version will include new and refined diagnostic criteria and information. This is a portion of the currently recognised list of mental illnesses. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association, is the handbook used most often in diagnosing mental disorders in the United States and other countries. ... Psychiatry is the branch of medicine that studies, diagnoses and treats mental illness and behavioral disorders. ... Mental illness is a diagnostic label applied to people whose thinking, feeling/mood, ability to relate to others and ability to work are considered abnormal in some way. ...

See Mental illness for more general information. Mental illness is a diagnostic label applied to people whose thinking, feeling/mood, ability to relate to others and ability to work are considered abnormal in some way. ...

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• Acute stress disorder
• Adjustment disorder
• Agoraphobia
• alcohol and substance abuse
• alcohol and substance dependence
• Amnesia
• Androphobia
• Anxiety disorder
• Anorexia nervosa
• Antisocial personality disorder
• Asperger's syndrome, also known as Asperger's disorder
• Attention deficit disorder
• Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Autism
• Avoidant personality disorder

Acute Stress Disorder isnt a cute thing as the name suggests. ... In psychology, adjustment disorder refers to a psychological disturbance that lasts six months or less. ... Agoraphobia is a form of anxiety disorder. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Substance abuse refers to the overindulgence in and dependence on a stimulant, depressant, chemical substance, herb (plant) or fungus leading to effects that are detrimental to the individuals physical health or mental health, or the welfare of others. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Amnesia (or amnaesia in Commonwealth English) is a condition in which memory is disturbed. ... Androphobia is fear of men that sometimes can cause skin rashes and allergic reactions. ... Anxiety disorder is a blanket term covering several different forms of abnormal anxiety, fear, phobia and nervous condition, that come on suddenly and prevent pursuing normal daily routines. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Antisocial personality disorder (APD or ASPD) is a psychiatric diagnosis that interprets antisocial and impulsive behaviours as symptoms of a personality disorder. ... Asperger described his patients as little professors. Aspergers syndrome (AS, or the more common shorthand Aspergers), is characterized as one of the five pervasive developmental disorders, and is commonly referred to as a form of high functioning autism. ... DISCLAIMER Please remember that Wikipedia is offered for informational use only. ... DISCLAIMER Please remember that Wikipedia is offered for informational use only. ... Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-08-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

B

• Bereavement not a disorder unless complicated
• Bibliomania
• Binge eating disorder (proposed)
• Bipolar disorder
• Body dysmorphic disorder
• Borderline personality disorder
• Brief psychotic disorder
• Bulimia nervosa

Sad redirects here; for the three letter acronym, see SAD. Suffering is any unwanted condition and the corresponding negative emotion. ... Bibliomania is the obsessive purchase or collecting of books to the point where social relations or health are damaged. ... Binge eating disorder is a psychiatric disorder in which a subject: periodically does not exercise control over consumption of food eats an unusually large amount of food at one time eats much more quickly during binge episodes than during normal eating episodes eats until physically uncomfortable eats large amounts of... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder, which involves a disturbed body image. ... Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined within psychiatry, and some other fields, as a disorder characterized primarily by emotional dysregulation, extreme black and white thinking in some areas, and disrupted relationships. ... Bulimia nervosa, more commonly known as bulimia, is an eating disorder. ...

C

• Chronic tic disorder
• Circadian rhythm sleep disorder
• Conduct disorder
• Conversion disorder
• Cyclothymia (or Cyclothymic disorder)

A tic is a repeated, impulsive action, almost reflexive in nature, which the actor feels powerless to control or avoid. ... In psychiatry, conduct disorder is a pattern of repetitive behavior where the rights of others or the social norms are violated. ... Conversion disorders, categorised under the heading of Somatoform Disorders in both DSM IV and ICD 10 have an historical heritage in the classical descriptions of hysteria as presented by, for example, Sigmund Freud. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

D

• Delusional disorder
• Dependent personality disorder
• Depersonalization disorder
• Depression
• Disorder of written expression
• Dissociative fugue
• Dissociative identity disorder
• Dyspareunia
• Dysthymic disorder
• Down syndrome

Delusional disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis denoting a mental illness that involves holding one or more non-bizarre delusions in the absence of any other significant psychopathology (signs or symptoms of mental illness). ... Dependent personality disorder (DPD), formerly known as asthenic personality disorder, is a personality disorder that is characterised by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people. ... Depersonalization Disorder (DD) is a dissociative disorder to which many people can relate. ... Clinical depression is a state of sadness or melancholia that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individuals social functioning and/or activities of daily living. ... Disorder of written expression is a childhood condition characterized by poor writing skills. ... In psychology, a fugue state (also known as a psychogenic fugue or dissociative fugue) is a state of mind where a person experiences a dissociative break in identity and attempts to run away from some perceived threat, usually something abstract such as the persons identity. ... Dissociative identity disorder is a diagnosis described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Revised, as the existence in an individual of two or more distinct identities or personalities, each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. ... Dyspareunia is painful sexual intercourse, due to medical or psychological causes. ... Dysthymia or dysthymic disorder is a form of the mood disorder of depression characterised by a lack of enjoyment/pleasure in life that continues for at least two years. ...

E

• Encopresis
• Enuresis (bedwetting)
• Exhibitionism
• Expressive language disorder

Encopresis is involuntary fecal soiling in children who have usually already been toilet trained. ... Bedwetting (or enuresis) is involuntary urination while asleep in bed. ... Exhibitionism is the psychological need of a human being to exhibit naked parts of the body to other people — that is, parts of the body that would otherwise be covered by clothes according to the standards of the individuals cultural surroundings. ... Expressive language disorder (DSM 315. ...

F

• Female and male orgasmic disorders
• Female sexual arousal disorder
• Fetishism
• Folie à deux
• Frotteurism

Anorgasmia is a form of sexual dysfunction, sometimes classified as a psychiatric disorder, where the patient cannot achieve orgasm, even with adequate stimulation. ... Female sexual arousal disorder can take many forms. ... A fetish (from French fétiche; from Portuguese feitiço; from Latin facticius, artificial and facere, to make) is a natural object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular a man-made object that has power over others. ... Folie à deux (literally a madness shared by two) is a rare psychiatric syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis (particularly a paranoid or delusional belief) is transmitted from one individual to another. ... In psychiatry, the clinical term frotteurism (sometimes called frottage) refers to a specific sexual disorder. ...

G

• Ganser syndrome
• Gender identity disorder
• Generalized anxiety disorder
• General adaptation syndrome

Ganser syndrome is a psychiatric disorder characterised by approximate answers to questions. ... Gender identity disorder, as identified by psychologists and medical doctors, is a condition with which a person who has been assigned one gender (usually at birth on the basis of their sex, but compare intersexual), but identifies as belonging to another gender, or does not conform with the gender role... General anxiety disorder or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by uncontrollable worry about everyday things. ... Stress (roughly the opposite of relaxation) is a medical term for a wide range of strong external stimuli, both physiological and psychological, which can cause a physiological response called the general adaptation syndrome, first described in 1936 by Hans Selye in the journal Nature. ...

H

• Histrionic personality disorder
• Hyperactivity disorder
• Primary hypersomnia
• Hypoactive sexual desire disorder
• Hypochondriasis
• Hyperkinetic syndrome
• Hysteria

In psychiatry, histrionic personality disorder (HPD), or hysterical personality disorder, is a personality disorder which involves a pattern of excessive emotional expression and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness, that usually begins in early adulthood. ... DISCLAIMER Please remember that Wikipedia is offered for informational use only. ... Hypersomnia is an excessive amount of sleepiness, resulting in an inability to stay awake. ... dhdhdhdhdf ... Hypochondria (sometimes hypochondriasis) is the unfounded belief that one is suffering from a serious illness. ... DISCLAIMER Please remember that Wikipedia is offered for informational use only. ... For the album, see Hysteria (album) Hysteria is a diagnostic label applied to a state of mind, one of unmanageable fear or emotional excesses. ...

I

• Intermittent explosive disorder
• Insomnia

Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is an uncommon disorder of the brain characterized by explosive outbursts of behaviour (throwing, breaking things, inflicting physical harm on others). ... It has been suggested that Primary insomnia be merged into this article or section. ...

J

• Joubert syndrome

Joubert syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects the area of the brain that controls balance and coordination. ...

K

• Kleptomania

Kleptomania (word of Greek origin) is an inability to resist impulses of stealing. ...

L

M

• Mania
• Male erectile disorder
• Munchausen's syndrome
• Mathematics disorder
• Mental retardation/Learning disability (strictly this is not a mental illness)

This article is about the medical condition. ... Impotence or, more clinically, erectile dysfunction is the inability to maintain an erection of the penis for satisfactory sexual intercourse regardless of the capability of ejaculation. ... Munchausen syndrome is a form of psychological disorder known as a factitious disorder (the term Munchausen syndrome is sometimes used, incorrectly, to refer to any form of factitious disorder). ... Dyscalculia is a specific learning difficulty affecting a persons ability to understand and/or manipulate numbers. ... Mental retardation (also called mental handicap and, as defined by the UK Mental Health Act 1983, mental impairment and severe mental impairment) is a term for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills (milestones) during childhood, and a significantly below-normal global intellectual capacity as... In the United States and Canada, the term learning disability is used to refer to a psychological condition that affects a persons communicative capacities and potential to learn. ...

N

• Narcissistic personality disorder
• Narcolepsy
• Nightmare disorder

Narcissus, the mythical Greek youth, after whom narcissism is named, as depicted in John William Waterhouses Echo and Narcissus. ... Narcolepsy is a neurological condition characterized by severe fatigue, irresistible episodes of sleep and general sleep disorder. ... Nightmare disorder is a disorder characterized by frequent awakening from nightmares with a vivid remembrance of the dream. ...

O

• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
• Oneirophrenia
• Oppositional defiant disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD), or anankastic personality disorder, is a personality disorder that is characterized by a general psychological inflexibility, rigid conformity to rules and procedures, perfectionism, and excessive orderliness. ... Oneirophrenia is a hallucinatory, dream-like, state caused by several conditions such as prolonged sleep deprivation, sensory isolation, or drugs (such as ibogaine. ... Oppositonal Defiant Disorder (ODD) When a child cannot seem to control his anger or frustration, even over what seems to be trivial or simple to others. ...

P

• Pain disorder
• Panic attacks
• Panic disorder
• Paranoid personality disorder
• Pathological gambling
• Pervasive Developmental Disorder
• Pica
• Posttraumatic stress disorder
• Premature ejaculation
• Primary insomnia
• Psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified
• Pyromania

Pain disorder or body dysmorphic disorder is when a patient experiences chronic and constant pain in one or more areas, and is thought to be caused by psychological stress. ... A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. ... A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than 30 minutes. ... Paranoid personality disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis that denotes a personality disorder with paranoid features. ... Pathological gambling, as defined by American Psychiatric Association is an impulse control disorder associated with gambling. ... Pica is an appetite for non-foods (e. ... Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is a term for the psychological consequences of exposure to or confrontation with stressful experiences, which involve actual or threatened death, serious physical injury or a threat to physical integrity and which the person found highly traumatic. ... Premature ejaculation, also known as rapid ejaculation, or by the Latin term ejaculatio praecox, is the most common sexual problem in men, characterized by a lack of voluntary control over ejaculation. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Insomnia. ... Property damage caused by fire Pyromania is an obsession with fire and starting fires in an intentional fashion. ...

R

• Reading disorder
• Retts disorder
• Rumination disorder

Rett syndrome (Rett syndrome, Retts disorder) is a progressive neurological disorder. ... Rumination disorder is a childhood eating disorder in which the sufferer brings up partially digested food and rechews it before swallowing it or spitting it out. ...

S

• Schizoaffective disorder
• Schizoid personality disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Schizophreniform disorder
• Schizotypal personality disorder
• Seasonal affective disorder
• Separation anxiety disorder
• sexual Masochism and Sadism
• Shared psychotic disorder
• Sleep disorder
• Sleep terror disorder
• Sleepwalking disorder
• Social phobia
• Somatization disorder
• Specific phobias
• Stereotypic movement disorder

Schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is a personality disorder characterised by a lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency towards a solitary lifestyle, and emotional coldness. ... Schizophreniform is a serious mental illness related to Schizophrenia. ... Schizotypal personality disorder, or simply schizotypal disorder, is a personality disorder that is characterized by a need for social isolation, odd behaviour and thinking, and often unconventional beliefs such as being convinced of having extra sensory abilities. ... Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, also known as winter depression is an affective, or mood disorder. ... Separation anxiety disorder (or simply separation anxiety) is a psychological condition in which an individual has excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment. ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ... Folie à deux is a rare psychiatric syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis (particularly a paranoid or delusional belief) is transmitted from one individual to another. ... A night terror, also known as sleep terror or pavor nocturnus, is a parasomnia sleep disorder characterized by extreme terror and a temporary inability to regain full consciousness. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Social anxiety, sometimes known as social phobia or social anxiety disorder (SAD), is a common form of anxiety disorder that causes sufferers to experience intense anxiety in some or all of the social interactions and public events of everyday life. ... Somatization disorder (or somatoform disorder, or Briquets disorder) is a type of mental illness in which a patient manifests a psychiatric condition as a physical complaint. ... The term phobia, which comes from the Ancient Greek word for fear (φόβος, fobos), denotes a number of psychological and physiological conditions that can range from serious disabilities to common fears to minor quirks. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...

T

• Tourette syndrome
• Transient tic disorder
• Transvestic Fetishism
• Trichotillomania

Georges Gilles de la Tourette Tourette syndrome (also called Tourettes syndrome, Tourettes disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, GTS or TS) is an inherited neurological disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by the presence of multiple motor tics and at least one phonic tic, which characteristically wax and... A tic is a repeated, impulsive action, almost reflexive in nature, which the actor feels powerless to control or avoid. ... Transvestic fetishism is a sexual fetish for the clothing of the opposite gender. ... Trichotillomania (TTM) is an impulse control disorder characterised by the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes, nose hair, ear hair, eyebrows or other body hair. ...

V

• Vaginismus