Complete List of Different Psychological Disorders

2. What is a psychological
disorder?
A psychological disorder, also known as
a mental disorder, is a pattern of behavioral or
psychological symptoms that impact multiple
life areas and/or create distress for the person
experiencing these symptoms.
Several examples of each type of
psychological disorder is listed on DSM
( Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ) of Mental
Disorder.
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3. What Is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
(DSM)?
>It is used by clinicians and psychiatrists to
diagnose psychiatric illnesses as well as a tool for
assessment.
>Published by the American Psychiatric Association
and covers all categories of mental health disorders
for both adults and children.
>The manual is non-theoretical focused mostly on
describing symptoms as well as statistics
concerning which gender is most affected by the
illness, the typical age of onset, the effects of
treatment, and common treatment approaches.
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4. Axis I: Clinical Syndromes
This axis describes clinical symptoms that cause
significant impairment. Disorders are grouped into
different categories, including adjustment disorders ,
anxiety disorders, and pervasive developmental
disorders.
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Axis II: Personality and Mental Retardation
This axis describes long-term problems that are
overlooked in the presence of Axis I disorders.
Personality disorders cause significant problems in
how a patient relates to the world and
include antisocial personality disorder and histrionic
personality disorder. Mental retardation is
characterized by intellectual impairment and deficits
in other areas such as self-care and interpersonal
skills.

5. Axis III: Medical Conditions
These include physical and medical conditions that
may influence or worsen Axis 1 and Axis II disorders.
Some examples may include HIV/AIDS and brain
injuries.
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Axis IV: Psychosocial and Environmental Problems
Any social or environmental problems that may impact
Axis I or Axis II disorders are accounted for in this
assessment. These may include such things as
unemployment, relocation, divorce, or the death of a
loved one.
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Axis V: Global Assessment of Functioning
This axis allows the clinician to rate the client's overall
level of functioning. Based on this assessment,

6. Types of Psychological Disorders
1. Anxiety Disorders
characterized by excessive and abnormal fear, and
anxiety.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - is a prolonged and
exaggerated worry that has few or no specific
sources.
Agoraphobia -sufferer perceives certain
environments as dangerous or uncomfortable, fear
in public places.
Social Anxiety Disorder -characterized by intense
fear in social situations and interactions.
Phobias-irrational and excessive fear of an object or
situation.

7. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder – post trauma or after
being involve in traumatic situations.
Separation Anxiety –separation from home or people
with strong emotional attachment
2. Dissociative Disorders
involve a dissociation or interruption in aspects of
consciousness, including identity and memory.
Multiple Personality Disorder-conditions that involve
disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness,
identity or perception
Dissociative Fugue-rare condition in which a person
suddenly, without planning or warning, travels far
from home or work and leaves behind a past life.

8. Dissociative Identity Disorder-an extremely
complex disorder that results in two or more
split identities
Depersonalization- is characterized as the
sensation of being disengaged from your
surroundings, making life seem dreamlike and
less real.
3. Eating Disorders
obsessive concerns with weight and disruptive
eating patterns that negatively impact physical
and mental health.
Anorexia Nervosa -pattern of self-starvation &
high risk
for suicide attempt.

9. Rumination Disorder -occurs when people
constantly regurgitate and either vomit or re-
swallow their food or drink soon after eating.
4. Factitious Disorders
individual acts as if he or she has an illness, often
be deliberately faking or exaggerating symptoms
or even
self-inflicting damage to the body.
Munchausen Syndrome- hospital addiction
syndrome.
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy- exaggeration or
fabrication of illnesses or symptoms by a primary
caretaker.
Ganser Syndrome- nonsensical or wrong answers

10. 5. Impulse-Control Disorders
involve an inability to control impulses,
resulting in harm to oneself or others.
Kleptomania -stealing
Pyromania -fire-starting
Trichotillomania -hair-pulling & thinks of being
psychosis
Pathological Gambling or Ludomania – gamble
despite of harmful negative consequences or a
desire to stop.
Intermittent Explosive Disorder– extreme
expressions of anger, often to the point of
uncontrollable rage.
Dermatillomania - skin-picking, repeated urge
to pick at one's own skin, often to the extent that

11. 6. Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical
Condition
caused by an underlying medical condition.
Medical conditions can cause psychological
symptoms such as catatonia (neurogenic motor
immobility) and personality changes.
Psychotic Disorder due to Epilepsy-prominent
hallucinations or delusions that are judged to be
due to the direct physiological effects of a general
medical condition.
Depression caused by Diabetes-persistent
sadness & feeling helpless due to sickness &
commonly found in diabetic person.
AIDS Related Psychosis- it occurs due to brain
damages done by the HIV/AIDS Viruses.

12. Personality changes due to Brain Damage –hematoma
& brain damages depends to what extent may affect
the memory & personality.
7. Neurocognitive Disorders
those that involve cognitive abilities such as memory,
problem solving and perception. Some anxiety
disorder, mood disorders and psychotic disorders are
classified as cognitive disorders.
Alzheimer's Disease -still no cure loss of memory.
Delirium- severe confusion and disorientation
Dementia- is a serious loss of global cognitive ability
in a previously unimpaired person.
Amnesia-loss of memory due to brain damage
>retrograde -retention of new memory but old is
lost

13. 8. Mood Disorders
are all characterized by changes in mood.
Bipolar Disorder- patient experiences extremes
of mood, ranging from mania or hypomania - the
upper end of mood swings - to depression, the
lower end.
Major Depressive Disorder-depressed mood or a
loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities
consistently for at least a two week period.
Cyclothymic Disorder- common mood swing of
mild to moderate but not like bipolar disorder.
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14. 9. Neurodevelopmental Disorders
also referred to as childhood disorders, are those
that are typically diagnosed during infancy,
childhood, or adolescence.
Mental Retardation-impaired cognitive functioning
Learning Disability- neurobehavioral disorder where
in there is difficulty in learning.
Communication Disorder- speech & language
disorder related to oral motor functions. Simple to
complex sound substitution problem.
Autism- disorder of neural development
characterized by impaired social interaction and
verbal and non-verbal communication.
Conduct Disorders-behavioral & emotional disorders
that usually occurs in children & teens. Disruptive
violent behavior.

15. ADHD/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -
problems with attention, impulse control, and
hyperactivity.
ODD/Oppositional Defiant Disorder-on going pattern
of anger-guided disobedience, hostility, and defiant
behavior toward authority figures which goes
beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior.
Children suffering from this disorder may appear
very stubborn and often angry.
10. Psychotic Disorders
involve a loss of contact with reality. People
experiencing psychotic disorders may experience
hallucinations and often display disorganized
thinking. Delusional beliefs are another common
characteristic of this class of psychological
disorders.

16. Delusional Disorder- psychotic mental disorder is
diagnosed when prominent non-bizarre delusions are
present for at least one month and the symptom
criteria for Schizophrenia
11. Personality Disorders
create a maladaptive pattern of thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors that can cause serious detriments to
relationships and other life areas.
Antisocial Personality Disorder- disregarding others,
lack of concern to others right, aggressive and
irritable, lacks empathy.
Avoidant Personality Disorder- extreme shyness,
sensitive to criticism and rejection, low self esteem
and feeling of inadequacy.
Dependent Personality Disorder - needy behavior,

17. Borderline Personality Disorder- usually have poor
self identity that lead to overly intense relationship
with others, intense episode of anxiety, depression
and irritability that may last from few hours to several
days. May also engage into self destructive behavior
such as drug abuse, eating disorder or suicide.
Histrionic Personality Disorder- shallow emotions,
need others to witness their emotional displays in
order to gain validation or attention. Often
display exaggerated symptoms of weakness or
illness and may use threats of suicide to manipulate
others.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder- common to men
than women, those who seemed more concerned with
themselves than with others, exaggeration of self
confidence, arrogance and self centeredness.
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder-

18. Paranoid Personality Disorder- feelings that they are
being lied to, deceived, or exploited by other people.
Family or loved ones treated as dishonest, unfaithful
and not worth for a trust.
Schizoid Personality Disorder- detachment from
other people, little or no desire to form close
relationships with others, often described as cold,
uninterested, withdrawn, and aloof.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder- eccentric
perceptions, thoughts, and behaviors. Magical
thinking including saying they can read minds or can
foretell the future. May talk to themselves, ignore
others, or react inappropriately.
12. Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
are those that impact sexual functioning, while

19. Erectile Dysfunction- previously called
impotence, inability to develop and maintain an
erection for satisfactory sexual intercourse or
activity due to lower libido often caused by
depression. Depression can also be an indirect
cause of erectile dysfunction as many
medications used to treat depression are known
to cause erectile dysfunction.
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Paraphilia- sexual deviation, sexual fantasies,
feelings, or activities involving a nonhuman
object,
a non-consenting partner such as a child, animal
or pain or humiliation of oneself or one's
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20. Sexual Pain Disorders- much more common in
women than in men, not only prevents a woman from
having a pleasurable sexual experience but it can
also create feelings of frustration and anger in a
relationship.
2 Broad Categories:
Dyspareunia refers to pain in the pelvic area during
or after sexual intercourse. This can occur in both
men and women.
Vaginismus refers to an involuntary spasm of the
musculature surrounding the vagina causing it to
close, resulting in penetration being difficult and
painful, or impossible.

21. 13. Sleep Disorder
involve an interruption in sleep patterns. These
disorders can have a negative impact on both physical
and mental health.
Narcolepsy-sleepiness can be profound and may lead
to falling asleep in inappropriate situations like the
following:
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
Cataplexy is a loss of muscle tone in response to an
emotional stimulus, such as surprise or laughter.
Sleep Paralysis is an inability to move one's body
while being awake, usually while falling asleep or
awakening.
Hypnagogic Hallucinations are vivid dream-like
auditory, visual, or tactile sensations that occur while
falling asleep.

22. Sleep apnea- characterized by pauses in breathing or
instances of shallow or infrequent breathing during
sleep. Each pause in breathing, called an apnea, can
last from at least ten seconds to minutes, and may
occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour.
Insomnia- or sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder in
which there is an inability to fall asleep or to stay
asleep as long as desired.
14. Somatoform Disorders
is a class of psychological disorder that involves
physical symptoms that do not have a physical
cause. These symptoms usually mimic real diseases
or injuries. It is important to note somatoform
disorders differ from factitious disorders; people
suffering from somatoform disorders are not faking

23. Conversion Disorder- causes patients to suffer from
neurological symptoms, such as numbness, blindness
or paralysis. Without a definable organic cause. It is
thought that symptoms arise in response to stressful
situations affecting a patient's mental health.
Conversion disorder is considered a psychiatric
disorder.
Hypochondriasis or hypochondria- health phobia or
anxiety, refers to excessive preoccupancy or worry
about having a serious illness. This debilitating
condition is the result of an inaccurate perception of
the body’s condition despite the absence of an actual
medical condition. An individual suffering from
hypochondriasis is known as a hypochondriac.
Somatization disorder- characterized by recurring,

24. Body Dysmorphic Disorder-also known as body
dysmorphia, the affected person is concerned
with body image, manifested as excessive concern
about and preoccupation with a perceived defect of
their physical features. The person thinks they have a
defect in either one feature or several features of their
body, which causes psychological distress that
causes clinically significant distress or impairs
occupational or social functioning. Often BDD co-
occurs with depression and anxiety, social
withdrawal or social isolation.
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Pain Disorder- is chronic pain experienced by a
patient in
one or more areas, and is thought to be caused
by psychological stress. The pain is often so severe

25. 15.Substance Related Disorders
those that involve the use and abuse of different
substance, such as cocaine, methamphetamine,
opiates and alcohol. These disorders can include
dependence, abuse, psychosis, anxiety, intoxication,
delirium and withdrawal that results from the use of
various substances. Examples of substance-related
psychological disorders include:
Alcohol Abuse-is a psychiatric diagnosis describing
the recurring use of alcoholic beverages despite its
negative consequences.
There are two types of alcoholics:
#those who have anti social and pleasure-seeking
tendencies, and #those who are anxiety-ridden- people
who are able to go without drinking for long periods of

26. Caffeine induced disorders- Too much consumption
of products containing caffeine can cause abnormal
heart rhythms, headaches, and make you- anxious
and restless. High consumption of caffeine can cause
caffeine induced disorders.
Cocaine Withdrawal- acts in the deep areas of the
brain, These are the areas that reward us for "good
behavior" -- those activities that lead to food, sex,
and healthy pleasure. Stimulating this brain area with
cocaine feels good. And it can create a powerful
craving to use more cocaine. Repeated cocaine use
leads to tolerance, dependence, and addiction.
Inhalant Abuse- are a broad range
of intoxicative drugs whose volatile vapors are taken

27. Now its time for you to think!
Do I have a
psychological
disorder?
Did I obtain
one of those
possible
symptoms?