Psychological
Psychological disorders, also called mental disorders or psychiatric conditions.
The DSM-5 defines a mental disorder as “a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in psychological, biological, or developmental processes.”
Types:
- Anxiety disorders
- Mood disorders
- Psychotic disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders like OCD
- Trauma & Stressor-Related Disorder like PTSD
- Neurodevelopmental disorders: such as ADHD or autism
- Personality disorders
