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== Psychological Disorders ==
== Psychological Disorders ==
The term psychological disorder is of course as you might have guessed a psychology term.  Psychiatrists and clinicians will refer to these disorders as mental illness or mental disorder.  Services for serious mental illness is often restricted to those who have an Axis I diagnosis of a mood disorder or a psychotic disorder.
The term psychological disorder is of course as you might have guessed a psychology term.  Psychiatrists and clinicians will refer to these disorders as mental illness or mental disorder.  Services for serious mental illness is often restricted to those who have an Axis I diagnosis of a mood disorder or a psychotic disorder.
[[Category:The Theory of Recovery Psychology]]
[[A Textbook on Recovery Psychology/Unit 2/Ch1 Mood Disorders|Chapter One Mood Disorders]] <small>Cycothymia, Dysthymia, Bipolar, Mania, Depression and Suicide: What is it all about?</small>
[[A Textbook on Recovery Psychology/Unit 2/Ch2 Psychotic Disorders|Chapter Two Psychotic Disorders]] <small>Schizophrenia</small>
[[A Textbook on Recovery Psychology/Unit 2/Ch3 Personality Disorders|Chapter Three Personality Disorders]] <small>Often termed as Axis II disorders</small>
[[A Textbook on Recovery Psychology/Unit 2/Ch4 Substance Abuse Disorders|Chapter Four Subtance Abuse Disorders]]
[[A Textbook on Recovery Psychology/Unit 2/Ch5 Neurodiversity|Chapter Five Neurodiversity]] <small>Often termed as Pervasive Developmental Disorders in clinical language, this chapter discusses these "conditions" in their sociological and psychological contexts, dual diagnosis of mentally ill and developmentally disabled, and the neurodiversity concept, philosophy and movement.</small>


[[A Textbook on Recovery Psychology/Unit 2/Ch1 Mood Disorders|Chapter One Mood Disorders]]
[[A Textbook on Recovery Psychology/Unit 2/Ch6 Other Disorders|Chapter Six Other disorders]]
Chapter Two Psychotic Disorders
Chapter Three Personality Disorders
Chapter Four Subtance Abuse Disorders
Chapter Five Neurodiversity

Latest revision as of 18:45, 28 June 2009

Psychological Disorders

The term psychological disorder is of course as you might have guessed a psychology term. Psychiatrists and clinicians will refer to these disorders as mental illness or mental disorder. Services for serious mental illness is often restricted to those who have an Axis I diagnosis of a mood disorder or a psychotic disorder. Chapter One Mood Disorders Cycothymia, Dysthymia, Bipolar, Mania, Depression and Suicide: What is it all about?

Chapter Two Psychotic Disorders Schizophrenia

Chapter Three Personality Disorders Often termed as Axis II disorders

Chapter Four Subtance Abuse Disorders

Chapter Five Neurodiversity Often termed as Pervasive Developmental Disorders in clinical language, this chapter discusses these "conditions" in their sociological and psychological contexts, dual diagnosis of mentally ill and developmentally disabled, and the neurodiversity concept, philosophy and movement.

Chapter Six Other disorders