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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. | ||
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[[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/Ch1 Mood Disorders|Chapter One Mood Disorders]] <small>Cycothymia, Dysthymia, Bipolar, Mania, Depression and Suicide: What is it all about?</small> | ||
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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.