Classification of mental disorders

Ayala Treating any aspect of mental health requires, in the first place, to ask the meaning of this concept. Usually mental illnesses are associated with psychological or psychiatric problems, few people have the idea that also social factors and norms contribute enormously to the classification or declassification of mental disorders, at least among people’s perspective. With respect to its definition, it could be said that many people only focus on diseases and mental problems. However, the…

understanding of the mental processes that govern not only our thoughts, feelings, actions and interactions continues to be a vastly unexplored field. Consequently, the growing need to acknowledge, empathize with, and to help those who suffer from mental illnesses has become a continuously growing field of study. In acknowledgement to those who have devoted to and continue to devote their skills to better understand this broad field of study, helping those detrimentally affected by their own…

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) model is a biopsychosocial framework used for health related conditions (WHO, 2001). This model provides an integrated perspective of health through a combination of biological, psychological and social factors (Alvarez 2012; Reed, Spaulding, & Bufka 2009; Sanderson et al. 2008; WHO 2001). The analysis and critique of the ICF classification model will be useful in determining whether it is an effective tool to improve…

terms with the loss, and finding a pathway to restoration are the main interventions a nurse would use to address these concerns. The stigma and discrimination faced by mental illness patient has a negative impact on him and his family. Mike’s right not to receive treatment is justified as grief is not a disease or mental disorder. It is a normal emotional response to a significant loss and sadness is expected and must run its course. However Mike must work side by side with a counsellor who…

The Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Health Disorders, (DSM-IV-TR) is an assessment test used by mental health professionals and counselor to diagnose patients with mental health problems. The DSM-IV-TR also defines mental disorders as a clinically significant behavior or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual that is associated with present distress or disability including impairment in one or more areas of functioning. (Drummond, 2010). The test covers…

1.2 The key strengths and limitations of the psychiatric classification system. The strengths Inappropriate behaviours can be identified from the functional ones. A range of mental disorders can be arranged and described in a particular way for professionals to understand as they all use this information. It is used all over the world so you get the same diagnostic where ever you are. The limitations are: The system does not look at people holistically, not looking at the person but what it…

government wanted to collect data on mental illnesses in America. They included categories in the census such as “insanity, mania, melancholia, monomania, paresis, dementia, dipsomania, and epilepsy.” In 1917 the Committee on Statistics of the American Medico-Psychological Association, or the American Psychiatric Association as it is known today, published the Statistical Manual for the use of Institutions for the Insane. The manual contained twenty-two groups of mental illnesses and had ten…

A mental disorder, or psychiatric disorder is a diagnosis of a behaviour or mental pattern that causes suffering or a poor inability to function in everyday life. Such attributes may relapse, be persistent or can occur as a single episode (). Pedophilia is an example of a psychiatric disorder in which an older adolescent or adult experiences an exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children(). There is much discussion in the world in mental health and psychology of what actually constructs…

In February of this year I was given the label of ‘depressive disorder not otherwise specified.’ Due to this diagnosis I also received the assumptions from friends and family that because I am labelled as depressed it must mean I want to commit suicide or that I am simply over-dramatic with my emotions. It seemed like everyone’s new most popular phrase became that “I seem so generally happy, I have a wonderful family and friend group, how was I in any way depressed?” The newfound diagnosis also…

The concept of schizophrenia is of a relatively recent origin, less than a century old. This disorder was first established by the German psychiatrist, Dr. Emile Kraepelin in 1887 as a distinct mental illness from other psychotic disorders. At that time, he used the Latin term “dementia praecox” (early dementia) to identify persons who had manifestations that nowadays are associated with schizophrenia (Psychology Today, 2015). He used different subtypes such as hebephrenia, catatonia and…