mental disorder
distressing thought or behavior pattern
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Summary
mental disorder is a class of disease[1]. It draws 12,386 Wikipedia views per month (class of disease category, ranking #555 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: type of disorder[3]
- Subclass of: disease[4], disorder[5]
- Part of: mental and behavioural disorders[6]
- Commons category: Mental and behavioural diseases and disorders[7]
- Opposite of: mental health[8]
- ICPC 2 ID: P99[9]
- Has cause: causes of mental disorders[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mental disorders[11], Category:People with mental disorders[12]
- Possible treatment: psychotherapy[13], psychopharmacology[14], mindfulness[15]
- Described at URL: https://www.hilarispublisher.com/scholarly/mental-health-morbidity-journals-articles-ppts-list-2525.html[16]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], The Encyclopedia Americana[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[19], Dresdner Hefte[20], The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[21]
- Partially coincident with: neurological disorder[22], psychosomatic disease[23]
- Topic has template: Template:Mental disorders[24]
- Has effect: suicide[25], damage[26], death[27], somatic disease[28]
- ICD-9-CM: V11.9[29], 298.8[30], 290-299.99[31]
- Equivalent class: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050329[32], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0050329[33], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MFOMD_0000004[34]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C2893[35]
- Different from: somatic disease[36], mental illness[37]
- Properties for this type: P663[38]
- Health specialty: psychiatry[39], clinical psychology[40], psychotherapy[41]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: antipsychotics[42], mood stabilizer[43], antidepressant[44], anxiolytic[45], tranquilizer[46], psychotherapy[47], psychiatric medication[48]
- Has list: list of mental disorders[49]
- Studied by: psychiatry[50], philosophy of mental illness[51]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_150[52], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:150[53]
Why It Matters
mental disorder has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 135 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]