ICD-10 Chapter V: Mental and behavioural disorders

The biological model suggests that mental illnesses have a physical cause, for example, an illness which could have been caused by an infection, genes, brain biochemistry or neuroanatomy (Cardwell and Flanagan, 2005). Bacterial and viral infections can damage the brain, resulting in a malfunction. An example of this is general paralysis of the insane, which is a neuropsychiatric disorder caused by a sexually transmitted infection called syphilis. Brown et al., (2000) discovered a link between infections of the respiratory system in pregnant women in the second trimester and the following development of schizophrenia in adulthood. This finding suggests that infections can cause mental illness. However, not everyone who has a respiratory…

to remedy both patients and the stigmas attached to their mental illness. For people with mental illnesses, comedy brings them a sense of fulfillment in a way. On the otherside, for the audience they stop believing in the stereotypes that society likes to instill in everyone. In fact, a comedian and actor Robin Williams was known as a genius on the audience 's side, but for him, comedy was a way to help him. Sometimes, we see laughing at mental illness as an issue but in reality it shows how…

For the purpose of discussing the identification and categorisation of mental illness, this essay will focus on the chapter of Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders (OCRDs) from the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). An emphasis will be placed on hoarding disorder (HD), a newly recognised disorder characterised by the compulsive acquisition of objects, with persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, and significant associated…