Concept information
Preferred term
mental disorders
Definition
- Mental illness is a broad term typically used to refer to one or more of a series of disorders that are defined and described in the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition, and in the United States are published in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR). The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has conducted research indicating that, in any given year, about one-fourth of the population of the United States has a diagnosable mental disorder. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crisis Management; Mental Illness]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- adjustment disorders
- anxiety disorders
- dissociative disorders
- eating disorders
- factitious disorders
- impulse control disorders
- mental disorders diagnosed in childhood
- mood disorders
- neurocognitive disorders
- neurodevelopmental disorders
- neurotic disorders
- personality disorders
- schizophrenia and disorders with psychotic features
- sexual and gender disorders
- sleep disorders
- somatoform disorders
- substance-related disorders
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T9KGRT0T-H
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