Disorder Categories

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Disorder Name Short Description
Addictive Disorders

Disorders where addiction to an activity or substance is a major feature.

Adjustment Disorders

Disorders where an inability to adjust to new circumstances is a major feature.

Anxiety Disorders

Disorders where panic, anxiety, or fear are major features.

Childhood Disorders

Disorders that are usually first diagnosed in childhood or adolescence.

Cognitive Disorders

Disorders where a limitation of Cognitive Functioning is the main feature.

Communication Disorders

Disorders where an interruption in communication is a major feature.

Depressive Disorders

Disorders where a depressed mood is a major feature.

Developmental Disorders

Disorders where the regular development of an individual is impaired.

Disruptive Behavior Disorders

Disorders where disruptive behavior is a major feature.

Dissociative Disorders

Disorders where dissociation is a major feature.

Eating Disorders

Disorders where disruptions or dysfunctions in eating are a major feature.

Factitious Disorders

Disorders where the creation or falsification of symptoms are a major feature.

Impulse-Control Disorders

Disorders where a lack of impuse control is a major feature.

Learning Disorders

Disorders where a dysfunction in the ability to learn is a major feature.

Mood Disorders

Disorders where disturbances of mood or emotional state are major features.

Personality Disorders

Disorders where an individual's patterns of experience and behavior are abnormal and cause a disruption to their life, thinking, mood, personal relations, or the control of impulses.

Psychotic Disorders

Disorders where psychotic episodes or symptoms are major features.

Sexual Disorders

Disorders where disturbances or dysfunctions in sexuality are major features.

Sleep Disorders

Disorders where disturbances in sleep or dreaming are major features.

Somatoform Disorders

Disorders where physical symptoms are reported with no general medical or other condition or cause present.

Substance Abuse

Disorders where the abuse of or addiction to a substance is a major feature.

Trauma Disorders

Disorders caused by a single or series of traumatic events.