Mental Disorders

The DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition) is a comprehensive manual used by healthcare professionals for the diagnosis of mental disorders. It covers a wide range of conditions. Here’s an overview of the categories of disorders included in the DSM-5:

1. Neurodevelopmental Disorders: This includes conditions like Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and learning disorders.
2. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders: This covers schizophrenia, schizotypal personality disorder, and delusional disorder.
3. Bipolar and Related Disorders: This category includes bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder, and cyclothymic disorder.
4. Depressive Disorders: This includes major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia), and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder.
5. Anxiety Disorders: This covers disorders such as generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and phobias.
6. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders: Includes obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), body dysmorphic disorder, and hoarding disorder.
7. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders: This includes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), acute stress disorder, and adjustment disorders.
8. Dissociative Disorders: Includes dissociative identity disorder, dissociative amnesia, and depersonalisation/derealisation disorder.
9. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders: This category includes somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, and conversion disorder.
10. Feeding and Eating Disorders: This includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder.
11. Elimination Disorders: Includes enuresis (urinary incontinence) and encopresis.
12. Sleep-Wake Disorders: This covers insomnia disorder, narcolepsy, and sleep apnoea (apnea).
13. Sexual Dysfunctions: Includes erectile disorder, female orgasmic disorder, and premature (early) ejaculation.
14. Gender Dysphoria: This category covers gender dysphoria in adolescents and adults, and in children.
15. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders: This includes oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and intermittent explosive disorder.
16. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: Covers alcohol-related disorders, cannabis-related disorders, and gambling disorder.
17. Neurocognitive Disorders: This includes delirium, major and mild neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer’s disease, and traumatic brain injury.
18. Personality Disorders: Includes antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and narcissistic personality disorder.
19. Paraphilic Disorders: This category covers disorders like voyeuristic disorder, exhibitionistic disorder, and frotteuristic disorder.
20. Other Mental Disorders: This is a residual category for conditions that don’t fit into the other categories.
21. Medication-Induced Movement Disorders and Other Adverse Effects of Medication: This category includes disorders such as neuroleptic-induced parkinsonism or tardive dyskinesia.
22. Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention: These are conditions that can be the focus of clinical attention or may affect the diagnosis, course, prognosis, or treatment of a patient’s mental disorder.