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Top 10 Most Common Mental Disorders By E. Glasser Stay Healthy Magazine
(believing false fixed beliefs, in spite of Good mental health increase considerably evidence that suggests the contrary). enhances and maintains the emotional 3. Substance Abuse wellbeing of any person irrespective of his Also referred to as drug abuse, substance age. It shows how an individual thinks, abuse is a patterned use of harmful drugs. feels and acts towards life, and how he Commonly used substances include canhandles stress and other associated probnabis, bath salts, TCP, LSD, cocaine, opilems life throws at him. um, and heroin. A mental health disorder/disease is an illness that causes mild to severe disturbances in thoughts and/or actions, resulting in an ability to deal with life’s ordinary routines and demands. There are over 200 classified types of mental disorders, some more common than the others. Here we will be looking at the 10 most common mental health disorders, and their symptoms. 1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Generalized anxiety disorder is a longterm condition that is characterized by exaggerated, excessive, blowing-out-ofproportion and suffering an anxiety attack going through daily life events. The constant state of anxiety eventually ends adversely affecting the individual’s relationships, his school or work life, etc. This mental disorder can cause both physical and mental symptoms including headaches, muscle tension, and irritability.
4. Impulse Control Disorders
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that limits a person’s ability to concentrate and control inappropriate behavior and promotes excess activity. 7. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) PTSD is a form of anxiety disorder that is usually the result of a traumatic life event. People with PTSD experience persisting and terrifying nightmares, memories and thoughts of the event, and tend to be emotionally numb. 8. Autism Autism is a life-long developmental disability that impacts a person’s perception of the world and their interaction with others. Common symptoms of autism include problems with social interaction and communication. 9. Mood disorders Also known as affective disorders, mood disorders are characterized by tenacious feelings of melancholy or sudden periods of excess happiness or fluctuations from extreme sadness to extreme happiness. Most common type of mood disorders includes bipolar disorder, cyclothymic disorder, and depression.
People with impulse control disorders are unable to resist temptation or urges, to indulge in acts that could be dangerous to 10. Eating disorders others or themselves. Compulsive gamPeople with eating disorders experience bling, kleptomania (stealing), and Pyromaextreme emotions, behaviors, and attinia (starting fires) are common examples. tudes regarding food, their shape, and weight. This can result in them making 5. Personality disorders real unhealthy choices about food with Individuals with personality disorders destructive consequences to their health. have inflexible and extreme personality Bulimia nervosa, binge eating, and anotraits that are upsetting to the person and rexia nervosa are the most prevalent 2. Psychotic disorders can significantly affects his/her personal types of eating disorders. life. Furthermore, this person thinks and Psychotic disorders involve distorted behaves so differently and their personalithinking and awareness. The two most ty is very rigid. Paranoia, Obsessivecommon symptoms of psychotic disorders compulsive disorder and antisocial perinclude hallucinations (experiencing unresonality disorder are all examples. al sounds and images) and delusions
