What is Mental illness?

What is Mental illness?

• Mental illness: Any psychological syndrome.
• Mental illness: broad class of abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior, resulting in distress or impairment.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Mental illness: any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Mental illness: Introduction

Types of Mental illness:

Types of Mental illness:

• Depressive disorders
  • Depression
  • Dysthymic disorder
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Cyclothymic disorder
• Anxiety disorders (type of Neurosis)
  • Panic disorder
  • Social phobia
  • Specific phobias
  • Agoraphobia
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Acute Stress Disorder
  • Separation Anxiety Disorder
• Dementia
• Eating disorders
  • Anorexia
  • Bulimia
  • Binge eating disorder
  • Disordered eating
  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Developmental disorders
  • Mental retardation
  • Learning disorders
  • Autism
  • Asperger syndrome
• Behavioral disorders
  • Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Conduct Disorder
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Tic disorders
  • Tourette syndrome
• Psychotic disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • Brief Psychotic Disorder
  • Delusional disorder
  • Shared Psychotic Disorder (type of Psychotic disorders)
  • Substance-induced Psychotic Disorder (type of Psychotic disorders)
• Personality disorders
  • Paranoid Personality Disorder
  • Schizoaffective disorder
  • Schizoid Personality Disorder
  • Schizotypal Personality Disorder
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Histrionic Personality Disorder
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder
  • Avoidant Personality Disorder
  • Dependent Personality Disorder
  • Gender Identity Disorder
• Paraphilias
  • Pedophilia
  • Voyeurism (type of Paraphilias)
  • Exhibitionism (type of Paraphilias)
  • Fetishism
  • Frotteurism (type of Paraphilias)
  • Sexual Masochism (type of Paraphilias)
  • Sexual Sadism (type of Paraphilias)
  • Transvestitism (type of Paraphilias)
• Dissociative Disorders
  • Dissociative Amnesia
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder
• Impulse Control Disorders
  • Kleptomania
  • Pyromania
  • Gambling addiction
  • Intermittent Explosive Disorder
  • Trichotillomania
• Somatoform Disorders
  • Somatization Disorder
  • Conversion Disorder
  • Pain Disorder
  • Undifferentiated Somatoform disorder
  • Hypochondriasis
• Adjustment Disorder
• Sleep Disorders
  • Insomnia
  • Narcolepsy
  • Hypersomnia
• Amnesia
• Nonaffective Psychosis
• Panic attack
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Broader types of Mental illness:

• Brain conditions
• Non-Contagious Diseases
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How many people get Mental illness?

Incidence (annual) of Mental illness: about 22.1 percent of American adults annually or 44.3 million people (NIMH)
Incidence Rate of Mental illness: approx 1 in 4 or 22.10% or 60.1 million people in USA [about data]

Who gets Mental illness?

Gender Profile for Mental illness: In the U.S., nearly twice as many women (12.0 percent) as men (6.6 percent) are affected by a depressive disorder each year. ¹ These figures translate to 12.4 million women and 6.4 million men. ² Depressive disorders include major depression, dysthymic disorder (a less severe but more chronic form of depression), and bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness). Major depression is the leading cause of disease burden among females ages 5 and older worldwide. ³ (Source: excerpt from Women Hold Up Half the Sky: NIMH)

How serious is Mental illness?

Complications of Mental illness: see complications of Mental illness

What causes Mental illness?

Causes of Mental illness: see causes of Mental illness
Risk factors for Mental illness: see risk factors for Mental illness

What are the symptoms of Mental illness?

Symptoms of Mental illness: see symptoms of Mental illness

Complications of Mental illness: see complications of Mental illness

Mental illness: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Mental illness.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Mental illness.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Mental illness: see treatments for Mental illness
Research for Mental illness: see research for Mental illness

Society issues for Mental illness

Cost statistics for Mental illness: The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Mental illness:

• Estimated $556,057,000 spent in public hospitals on mental diseases and disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• Estimated $153,472,000 spent in public hospitals on mental diseases and disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
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• 5% of male hospitalizations are mental disorders in Canada 1996/97 Hospital Morbidity Database, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Health Canada)
• 143,445 patient days spent in private hospitals for mental and behaviour disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• Mental health problems accounted for 12.5% of patient days spent in hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• Mental health problems accounted for 4.5% of all hospitalisation in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 1,458 per 100,000 population are hospitalised for mental health problems in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
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• 44.8 million visits were made to a physician’s office for a mental disorder in the US 2002 (National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• 2.0 million people visited a hospital emergency department for mental disorders in the US 2002 (National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002, NCHS, CDC)
• 10.3 million physician visits were related to mental health problems in Australia 2002-03 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 10.7% of all physician visits are due to mental health problems in Australia 2002-03 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
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Organs Affected by Mental illness:

Organs and body systems related to Mental illness include:

• Brain

Name and Aliases of Mental illness

Main name of condition: Mental illness

Class of Condition for Mental illness: mental

Mental conditions, Mental disorders, Mental diseases

Psychiatric conditions Source - Diseases Database

Mental disease, Psychopathy
Source - WordNet 2.1