Mental Health Tips & Questions
Types
of mental health problems
Despite the controversy surrounding the definitions and usefulness of the term
'mental illness', mental health problems today still remain largely in the province
of psychiatry, and hence are usually discussed in medical terms.
Psychiatrists
sub-divide the different kinds of mental health disorders in several different
ways.
Organic
(identifiable brain malfunction) versus Functional (not due to simple structural
abnormalities of the brain).
Neurosis (severe forms of normal experiences) versus Psychosis (severe distortion
of a person's perception of reality).
ICD-10 Classification, which lists major groups of disorders in related families
e.g. mood disorders, which includes depression and manic depression.